Israel arrests Palestine protest icon’s brother
In video of arrest, Ahed yells: ‘Stop, or I will hit you’
Ramallah - The family of Palestinian protester Ahed Tamimi says her younger brother has been arrested in their home in the occupied West Bank.
Their father, Bassem Tamimi, says soldiers broke in early Monday and arrested 15-year-old Mohammad. He says Mohammad broke his arm over the weekend running from tear gas during protests in their village and suspected he was arrested for throwing stones at Israeli occupation regime soldiers.
The military says it arrested 21 Palestinians overnight for rioting and other disturbances, without providing further details.
Ahed Tamimi served eight months in an Israeli prison for slapping two Israeli occupation soldiers in an incident captured on film that made her a symbol of Palestinian opposition to Israeli military occupation. In a video taken of her brother’s arrest she yells: “Stop, or I will hit you.”