Conditional Release for Nour Tamimi

Nour Tamimi (R) is welcomed home by her mother, Bushra, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on January 5, 2018. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP
Nour Tamimi (R) is welcomed home by her mother, Bushra, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on January 5, 2018. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP
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Conditional Release for Nour Tamimi

Nour Tamimi (R) is welcomed home by her mother, Bushra, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on January 5, 2018. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP
Nour Tamimi (R) is welcomed home by her mother, Bushra, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on January 5, 2018. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP

Israel on Friday released Nour Tamimi, a Palestinian woman, on bail following her arrest on December 20.

Tamimi, 21, was released early on Friday from a military prison after a court rejected the prosecution's appeal against her release.

Tamimi was arrested a day after her cousin Ahed Tamimi, 16, was detained in the wake of a viral video showing them slapping an Israeli soldier the previous week.

The incident that led to the charges occurred in the yard of their home in Nabi Saleh, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Ahed and her mother Nariman Tamimi remain in custody.

Nour was allowed to return to her home in Nabi Saleh  after posting a bail of 5,000 shekels ($1,550).

A guarantor vouched that she would show up for her court proceedings, set to begin on February 12.

The military appeals court ruled Nour would also have to sign in at an Israeli police station every Friday at noon. 



Britain 'Taking Forward' Gaza Food Airdrop Plan, Says PM Starmer's Office

A volunteer distributes rations of red lentil soup to displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 18, 2024. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
A volunteer distributes rations of red lentil soup to displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 18, 2024. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
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Britain 'Taking Forward' Gaza Food Airdrop Plan, Says PM Starmer's Office

A volunteer distributes rations of red lentil soup to displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 18, 2024. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
A volunteer distributes rations of red lentil soup to displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 18, 2024. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday spoke to his French and German counterparts and outlined UK plans to get aid to people in Gaza and evacuate sick and injured children, his office said.

"The prime minister set out how the UK will also be taking forward plans to work with partners such as Jordan to airdrop aid and evacuate children requiring medical assistance," a statement said, AFP reported.

In a phone conversation, Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz discussed the humanitarian situation in Gaza "which they agreed is appalling".

"They all agreed it would be vital to ensure robust plans are in place to turn an urgently needed ceasefire into lasting peace," according to a readout released by Downing Street.

"They discussed their intention to work closely together on a plan.... which would pave the way to a long-term solution and security in the region. They agreed that once this plan was worked up, they would seek to bring in other key partners, including in the region, to advance it," it added.

The discussion comes a day after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed the international community for turning a blind eye to widespread starvation in the Gaza Strip, calling it a "moral crisis that challenges the global conscience".

Aid groups have warned of surging cases of starvation, particularly among children, in war-ravaged Gaza, which Israel placed under an aid blockade in March amid its ongoing war with Hamas. That blockade was partially eased two months later.

The trickle of aid since then has been controlled by the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.