Israeli army arrests pregnant Palestinian journalist

The Israeli army arrested Palestinian journalist Somaya Jawabra and her husband Tariq Yousef, who is also a journalist, on Sunday afternoon in the occupied West Bank. 

Jawabra is seven months pregnant and the mother of three young children. Both she and Yousef work for local media outlets.

After interrogating them, Israeli intelligence officers kept Jawabra in detention and released her husband, MEE reporter Fayha Shalash reported on Monday. 

They later transferred Jawabra to Ma'ale Adumim police station and informed her family that she was under arrest and that a trial session would be held next Thursday.