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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces made multiple arrests overnight Sunday and Monday morning in several districts across the West Bank.

Palestinian police said in a statement that nine people were detained after their homes were raided in the districts of Jerusalem, Qalqiliya, Bethlehem and Nablus.

Israeli military forces entered the Silwan neighborhood of Jerusalem and detained 14-year-old Abdul-Karim Shoyoukhi and 20-year-old Muhammad al-Qaq, the statement said.

Soldiers also raided al-Funduq village in Qalqiliya in the northern West Bank and detained Ahmad Shakir Auda and his son Ayman.

Mazouz Hussein Masalha and his brother Talib were detained in the village of Hajja in the Qalqiliya district.

Bilal Abdul-Karim, from Jenin, and Ibrahim Abdul-Jalil Rajoub from Ramallah, were detained as they tried to cross the Container checkpoint east of Bethlehem.

A 15-year-old boy was also detained while Israeli soldiers inspected Palestinian vehicles on the road between Asira al-Shamaliya and Beit Imrin in Nablus district.