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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained 9 people in the West Bank overnight Monday, Israel's army and locals said.

Israeli military forces raided several homes in Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, arresting Salih Abu Srour, 18, witnesses told Ma'an.

Israeli forces also raided the nearby Azza refugee camp, arresting Miras Nidal al-Azzah, 19. Israeli troops issued a summons ordering Walid al-Azzah to go for questioning at an Israeli intelligence office.

Two other unidentified men also received summons orders.

In Hebron, Israeli forces arrested an unidentified man from the south of the city. Reuters cameraman Mousa al-Qawasmeh told Ma'an that Israeli troops also raided his home in Hebron and detained his brother Abdul Muaty Qawasmeh, 24.

Qawasmeh said that Israeli soldiers pointed their rifles at him and demanded that he remained quiet while entering his brothers' room to detain him. They brutally dragged him out before searching his room and arresting him, he added.

In East Jerusalem, Mahmoud Juman Audeh, 24, was arrested in Silwan. Israeli forces also raided the village of Sur Bahir, ransacking the home of Al-Aqsa mosque official Sheikh Najih Ibkeirat, and arresting his son Daoud, 29.

Firas Jaffal and Faisal Nawafleh were arrested in Abu Dis, locals said.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said 9 people were detained overnight, six in Hebron, two in Aida and one in Beitunia.

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