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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained 10 Palestinians in raids across the West Bank early Wednesday morning, the Israeli army said.

Locals told Ma'an that seven army vehicles stormed Nablus city, and detained Raafat Eleiwi and Faris Mahloub after ransacking their homes in Freitikh street.

In Talfit, southern Nablus, soldiers detained Abdullah Walid Musallam, locals said, adding that the 22-year-old is affiliated to Fatah.

An Israeli military spokesman said one Palestinian was detained in Talfit, one in Nablus city and three in Fara refugee camp, northwest of Nablus.

He told Ma'an that two Palestinians were detained in the Qalqiliya district and two in the Hebron area.

A lawyer for the PA Detainee Affairs Ministry Jamil Sadeh said soldiers detained high school student Muhammad Fathi Hutari in Qalqiliya. He is midway through his Tawjihi final exams.

Israeli forces detained the student's brother Ali Hutari last week, the lawyer told Ma'an.

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