Israeli army detains Italian activist in occupied West Bank
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday detained a foreign activist from the Dheisheh refugees camp, in the southern Bethlehem city of the occupied West Bank.
The official Wafa news agency identified the activist as Italian named Stefania in her fifties.
It added that she was detained from the home of Palestinian journalist Nidal Abu Aker who is held prisoner by Israel.
Speaking to Anadolu, Hazem Abu Aker, one of the residents whose home was stormed by the Israeli forces in the Dheisheh refugees camp, said the Italian activist was detained after the Israeli forces checked the IDs of women in several homes.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society, an NGO, confirmed that the Israeli forces raided the home of journalist Abu Aker, harassed his family and detained a foreign activist.
Abu Aker served nearly 18 years in Israeli jails — most of it under the administrative detention without charge or trial. His last arrest was in August.
Under the policy of administrative detention, Israeli forces detain anyone for six months without charge or trial, which can be extended indefinitely.
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