Palestinian activist Bushra al-Taweel arrested by Israeli forces

The Israeli occupation army arrested Palestinian activist Bushra al-Taweel from her home in the central West Bank city of Al-Bireh on Wednesday morning, one week after the release of her father, Jamal, Palestinian media reported.

Bushra is an activist in detainee cases and a media woman, and she has been arrested several times by the Israeli authorities.

According to eyewitnesses, a military force raided al-Bireh and searched a number of its houses, before arresting the activist, al-Taweel, amid clashes with youths in several neighborhoods.

The occupying army used live bullets, rubber bullets and tear gas canisters against the youths.