Israel extends detention of Palestinian teenager seen slapping soldiers in viral video, family says
Ahed has made headlines in the past, including in 2015 when she bit the hand of a masked Israeli soldier who was holding her now 14-year-old brother in a chokehold
An Israeli military court decided on Wednesday to extend the detention of a high-profile Palestinian teenage activist, her father said, after a viral video showed her slapping Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank.
Ahed Tamimi, 17, a campaigner against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, was arrested on Tuesday along with her mother after the video was widely shared by Israeli media.
In it Tamimi and another woman approach two Israeli soldiers, shoving, kicking and slapping them while filming on mobile phones.
The heavily armed soldiers do not respond in the face of what appears to be an attempt to provoke them into a response. They then move backwards.
Ahed appeared in an Israeli military court on Wednesday, with her detention being extended until December 25, her father Bassem said.
There was no immediate confirmation from the army.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian woman in connection with the video.
Residents identified her as Nour Naji Tamimi, 21, a cousin of Ahed, and the other woman in the video.