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Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, who was released from an Israeli prison on Sunday, holds her pillow as she sits on her bed in her room in Nabi Saleh village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Published by Reuters

The mother of Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested by Israeli troops, reacts in her room in Nabi Saleh village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Ismael Khader Acquire Licensing Rights Published by Reuters
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NABI SALEH, West Bank, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Israeli troops on Monday arrested a Palestinian activist, regarded in the occupied West Bank as a hero since she was a teenager, on suspicion of inciting violence, but her mother denied the claim and said it was based on a fake Instagram post.

The Israeli military said it apprehended Ahed Tamimi, 22, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. Tamimi rose to prominence in 2017 when, at age 16, she slapped an Israeli soldier who raided her village. She and others have for years protested Israeli land seizures.

Tamimi "is suspected of inciting violence and calling for terrorist activity to be carried out," the military said.

Her mother, Nariman Tamimi, said more than a dozen Israeli soldiers entered their house overnight and arrested her daughter.

Israeli authorities alleged the young woman "wrote an inciting (Instagram) post calling for the killing of settlers and saying what Hitler did wasn't enough - but Ahed does not have an Instagram account," her mother said in an interview.

Some Israeli media outlets published a screenshot of what appeared to be an Instagram post by an account with Tamimi's name and picture. The text threatened to "slaughter" Israel's West Bank settlers.

Reuters was not able to locate the Instagram account, which had the handle "ahed_tamimi15", or independently authenticate the image. The military did not comment on the image.

After slapping the soldier, Tamimi was sentenced to eight months in prison upon pleading guilty to reduced charges that included assault.
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Israeli Army Arrests Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi Following Alleged Threat to 'Slaughter Settlers'

'We'll slaughter you, and you'll say that what Hitler did to you was a joke,' Tamimi wrote in a social media post

by Hagar Shezaf and Jack Khoury for Haaretz
Nov 6, 2023

Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi was arrested overnight into Monday by the Israeli army after allegedly threatening to kill Jewish settlers.

"Our message to the herds of settlers is that we're waiting for you in all cities in [the West Bank], from Hebron to Jenin. We'll slaughter you, and you'll say that what Hitler did to you was a joke. We'll drink your blood and eat your skulls. Let's go, we're waiting for you," read the post, which was written in Hebrew and Arabic.

In 2018, Tamimi was arrested and charged with attacking an IDF officer, after she was caught on camera slapping the Israeli officer. She was subsequently given an eight-month prison sentence and fined 5,000 shekels (roughly $1,200).

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir reacted to the news of the arrest on X, praising the Israeli soldiers for "arresting a terrorist."