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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians in East Jerusalem overnight, including two minors, Addameer prisoner rights group said.

Muhammad Mahmoud, a lawyer working for the group, identified seven of the detainees as Amjad al-Taweel, Uday Radayda, Murad Castero, Zakariyya Abu Nab, Ibrahim Batta, Fadi Darwish and Rami Darwish.

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society identified the eighth detainee as Ismail al-Masri.

Meanwhile, Israeli officers raided a home in Ras al-Amoud early morning to detain Yazan Siyuri. He was at work at the time, his brother said, adding that the officers assaulted six relatives and handcuffed his father.

Late Tuesday, clashes broke out in the Old City after protests against the killing of Mahmoud Abdullah Udwan earlier in the day.

Youths threw stones and fireworks at Israeli forces, who responded with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas.

In Bab Hutta, Israeli forces used the foul-smelling 'skunk' spray on homes and protesters.

The PPS said three men were also detained in the occupied West Bank. Firas Hirzallah, 22 and his brother Hussein, 19, were detained in the Jenin town of Yaabad while 19-year-old Tariq Ziad Hamid was arrested near Ramallah.

Israeli forces have detained over 125 Palestinians in East Jerusalem since the beginning of December, including 35 teenagers and five women, a local official representing the families of prisoners told Ma'an.

Around 49 of the detainees are from Silwan, 19 from al-Isawiya, 15 from Jabal al-Mukabbir and 42 from other neighborhoods, he added.

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