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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Monday detained five Palestinian youths in East Jerusalem neighborhoods, a local information center said.

Jawad Siyam, the head of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in the Silwan neighborhood, said in a statement that Israeli forces detained three young Palestinians in al-Tur and two in Silwan.

"Israeli forces detained a child as he was leaving his school in al-Tur, which caused clashes to erupt in the area as locals attempted to free him," Siyam said.

"He was very scared," he added.

Israeli forces also detained two youths, Muhammad Yasser Abu al-Hawa and Mahmoud Abu Jumaa, in the area.

Meanwhile, in Silwan, Israeli forces arrested two "children" who were still carrying their school bags after school.

The two were identified as Abdullah Siyam and Yazan al-Awar. They were taken to the Russian compound for interrogation.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 and later annexed it in a move never recognized abroad.

According to a 2014 report by the Child Rights International Network, some 700 Palestinian children per year are arrested and face "ill-treatment" by Israeli forces.

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