Israeli forces have assaulted motorcyclists near the Nabi Musa shrine, located southwest of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, and detained a number of them, Wafa news agency reports.

Wafa correspondent, citing eyewitnesses, reported that Israeli forces stopped a group of young men riding motorcycles in the area and brutally attacked them, resulting in injuries to two of them.

He added that the Israeli forces detained several cyclists and took them to a military checkpoint at the southern entrance of Jericho.

Nasser Anani, the director of Jericho Governmental Hospital, told Wafa that the assault resulted in injuries to two young men from the town of Hazma, who were transferred to the hospital with bruises.