Israel extends detention of Palestinian NGO worker

 Israeli authorities have extended the remand of Salah Hamouri, a human rights defender and field researcher for Palestinian prisoners' rights group Addameer.

The NGO said in a statement on Sunday that a judge at the Israeli magistrate's court in 'Jerusalem' extended Hamouri's detention for an additional three days for further interrogation.

Addameer said that one of its attorneys, Mahmoud Hassan, has submitted an appeal against the extension.

Hamouri 32, who holds dual Palestinian-French citizenship, was detained during an overnight raid on Wednesday from his home in the occupied old city of al-Quds ('Jerusalem') neighborhood of Kafr Aqab.

According to Addameer, Hamouri was a former prisoner of Israel for seven years, and was released as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoners exchange deal in 2011.