ISRAEL DETAINS THE WIFE OF PALESTINIAN EX-PRISONER

        Al-Quds (Yerusalem), 9 Shafar 1435/12 December 2013 (MINA) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Nadia Abu Eid, the wife of a Hamas leader, at a roadblock to the entrance of Badu village inJerusalem on Tuesday.

        The Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights said in a statement that Nadia was on her way to hospital with her child when she was detained by the soldiers who also confiscated her car, Alresalah.ps quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

        Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of Ahrar center, said that Nadia is the wife of Ayman Abu Eid, a liberated Hamas leader who served 15 years in Israeli occupation jails.

        He said that Nadia is the mother of seven children, the youngest being only one year old.

        Khafsh asked human rights groups and humanitarian organizations in addition to women unions to expose the IOF practices against Palestinian women especially at roadblocks, recalling that 17 Palestinian women are held in Israeli jails.(T/P02/E1)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)