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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Tuesday issued a police summons to Palestinian journalist Diala Jwehan in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.

Jwehan, who works for al-Hayat newspaper, told Ma'an that Israeli border police stormed her home in the al-Thawri area of Silwan early Tuesday and summoned her to meet with police in Jerusalem's notorious Russian Compound on Sunday.

Since a wave of unrest swept the occupied Palestinian territories last October, Israel has launched a severe crackdown on foreign and Palestinian journalists, and dozens of Palestinians have been detained for alleged "incitement" against Israel.

According to prisoners' rights groups such as Addameer, this includes a large number of Palestinians who have not been officially charged, but held instead under administrative detention.

Another Palestinian journalist, Muhammad al-Qiq, in February ended a 94-day hunger strike he undertook to protest the controversial practice.