Israel detains Palestinian youth over Facebook post

Israeli forces detained a Palestinian youth yesterday because of a post he published on his personal Facebook page.

The youth was identified by locals as Laith Barakat, his age remains unknown. He was arrested at the Al-Jib Israeli military checkpoint northwest of Jerusalem.

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According to locals, Israeli forces stopped Barakat at the checkpoint where he was detained and transferred to an unknown location after his ID was checked.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports on the detention.

Last week, an Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian from Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem to 17 months in Israeli prison for allegedly “supporting terrorist organisations” on Facebook.