HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians in raids across the West Bank overnight Sunday, the Israeli army said.

Soldiers raided Burin near Nablus, Hebron, al-Bireh and al-Zawiya and detained nine people "for security questioning," an army spokeswoman told Ma'an.

Locals in Beit Einun, near Hebron, said soldiers detained Fadi Muhammad Ayaydeh on his way back from hospital, where he had undergone ear surgery.

Soldiers assaulted Ayaydeh before detaining him, they added.