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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained two young men at entrances to the town of Azzun east of Qalqilya on Friday, witnesses said.

Local sources told Ma'an that Israeli forces present at Azzun's eastern entrance detained Asad Abdul Salam, 18, taking him to an unknown destination. At the northern entrance, Marcel Monther Abdallah, 20, was detained as well.

Officials of the Azzun Municipality demanded the need for the International Committee of the Red Cross and other international institutions to work for the release of Palestinian detainees, particularly youth that are frequently targeted by Israeli forces.

An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an she did not have any information on the incident.

Azzun is surrounded on all sides by areas under Israeli military control and a settlement bloc sits directly to the south. It has one of the highest rates of detainees per capita of all villages in the occupied West Bank, including many children.