JERUSALEM, Monday, October 22, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities Monday released Colonel Jihad Faqeeh, 50, who heads the Jerusalem office in the Palestinian Intelligence force, according to head of the legal unit in the Palestinian Prisoner‘s Society (PPS) Jawad Boulos.
The Palestinian side applied for the urgent release of the colonel, after a decision by an Israeli court to extend his detention until Wednesday.
Faqeeh was detained on Saturday at a military checkpoint near the town of Qatannah, northwest of Jerusalem, where he lives, as he was heading to work in Ramallah. No reason was given for the arrest.
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