Israeli police forces storm home of Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis

Israeli security forces stormed the house of Israa Jaabis, a Palestinian woman held in an Israeli prison and who was scheduled to be released on Saturday.

MEE contributor Latifeh Abdellatif, who was reporting from the scene in East Jerusalem, said that heavily armed soldiers stormed the home before Jaabis's scheduled release and forcibly removed journalists and anyone not considered first-degree relatives.

Jaabis, 32, was arrested in October 2015 with burns over half of her body after she and her family say a faulty cylinder of cooking gas burst into flames in front of a checkpoint in East Jerusalem.

Israeli authorities charged her with attempting to detonate a bomb with an intent to harm Israeli soldiers and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Israeli security forces stormed the home of Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis. — Israeli security forces stormed the home of Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)

Israeli security forces speak to each other outside the home of Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis. — Israeli security forces speak to each other outside the home of Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)

Israeli security forces stand outside the home of Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis. — Israeli security forces stand outside the home of Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)

A member of Israel's security forces stands outside the home of Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis. — A member of Israel's security forces stands outside the home of Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)