Israeli forces detain, beat Palestinian men near Jenin

Israeli forces late on Friday detained several young Palestinian men in the town of Ya'bad, southwest of Jenin, the Wafa news agency reported. 

Sources told Wafa that Israeli forces severely beat one of them.

The soldiers also carried out a raid of a former Israeli detainee's home - a common tactic used against Palestinians released from Israeli prisons - and ransacked the house before detaining him, Wafa said. 

Ya'bad's mayor, Amjad Atatra, said the Israeli military has escalated its attacks on the town over the last three days by seizing private Palestinian land and demolishing homes.