Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi arrested by Israeli forces

Israeli forces on Monday morning arrested Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian activist who was previously arrested by Israel in 2017, according to several reports.

Tamimi has often been referred to as an icon of the Palestinian resistance. She garnered widespread media attention in 2017 when she was arrested following an altercation with Israeli soldiers who refused to leave her home in Nabi Saleh, a village in the occupied West Bank. 

Tamimi, who was 16 years old at the time, was sentenced to eight months in an Israeli prison as a minor, making headlines around the world.

According to journalist Dena Takruri, who co-wrote a book with Tamimi, the activist's father Bassem was arrested last week as well.