Israeli security forces arrested a 24-year-old Palestinian woman earlier this month on suspicion of being in contact with and carrying out missions on behalf of an Iranian handler, Israel’s Channel 12 News reported on Monday.

The military court had extended her detention by eight days for the continuation of the investigation, the report added.

A resident of the town of Beit Ummar, located about seven miles northwest of Hebron, the suspect was arrested on Aug. 6 by Israel Defense Forces troops and Judea and Samaria District police from the Etzion station, Channel 12 reported.

During the interrogation, the suspect initially confessed to some of the allegations against her, and disclosed information about the relationship she had developed with the “hostile entity,” the report read. L

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