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JENIN (Ma'an) -- Clashes broke out Monday morning in the Jenin refugee camp as Israeli forces detained two members of the Fatah-affiliated al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, locals said.

Locals said the fighting continued for two hours after Israeli forces raided the al-Jabaryat area of the camp at 4 a.m., detaining Raed Amin Dababa and Mohammad al-Amer.

A large military convoy was seen in the camp and two helicopters were overheard in the area, they added.

The two detainees are exempt from arrest by Israel under a deal with the Palestinian Authority signed in 2007, allowing Palestinian fighters who renounced violence against Israel and gave up arms immunity from detention.

Clashes also broke out after Israeli forces deployed near the local Martyrs' Cemetery. Locals threw stones and glass bottles at soldiers, who responded with live bullets and tear gas, locals said, reporting no injuries.

The camp residents said the sound of clashes reminded them of the second intifada, when the camp was held under siege for 11 days during Operation Defensive Shield in which over 50 Palestinians were killed.

In a recent interview with Ma'an, commander of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Zakariya Zubeidi said Israeli forces were returning to the camp and targeting activists of the brigade who have full immunity from detention.

"I call on all the members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades to be careful, and consider themselves (as being) chased by the Israeli authorities," he said.

An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an: "IDF forces last night heard a shot; they did not know if it was aimed at them. Nobody was injured."

Meanwhile, the army said two Palestinians were detained in two Jenin villages for 'illegal activity.'

An official also confirmed the detention of 22-year-old Ahmad Fawzi Shahada from the Oref village in Nablus. Locals said he was taken to the Huwara military camp.

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IDF arrests two members of Fatah's military wing in West Bank raid

Israeli soldiers and Palestinians exchange fire in arrest operation at refugee camp, witnesses say

By Jack Khoury for Haaretz

Israel Defense Forces troops raided the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank early Monday and arrested two members of the military wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party, Palestinian sources said.

The two suspects, members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, had been paroled in an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which is headed by Fatah. IDF soldiers and armed Palestinians exchanged fire during the arrest operation, according to witnesses.

The Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported that the two men had been granted parole in an agreement between Israel and the PA in 2007. It was not immediately clear what the two men were now wanted for.

Zakaria Zubeidi, the commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, called on all members of the organization to be cautious and behave like wanted men. He said it appeared Israel was taking a tougher stance with armed Palestinians "because the Palestinian Authority is helpless and can't protect them.”

In January, masked men from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades marched through the Balata refugee camp near Nablus – the first show of force by the militants in the Nablus area since the PA banned the carrying of weapons and the Brigades put down their weapons around six years ago.