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Palestinian doctor arrested on suspicion of incitement said to have suffered cardiac event in custody
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
The B’Tselem rights group says that Dr. Dima Amin, a 55-year-old Palestinian doctor from Ramallah, who was arrested by the IDF on Tuesday, suffered a cardiac event while in custody and was hospitalized.
According to the transcript of a court hearing held today, Amin is suspected of incitement, supporting a hostile organization and harming security over Facebook posts she published around three months ago.
During the hearing, a police representative confirmed that Amin underwent a cardiac catheterization and was hospitalized following her arrest. She was subsequently returned to custody at Jerusalem’s Russian Compound detention facility.
A military court today extended her detention by five days.
באישון לילה פרצו חיילי כיבוש לביתה של ד״ר דימה ברכאת ברמאללה ועצרו אותה.
בת 54, רופאה שעוסקת בגידולים גינקולוגים , שמקדישה את חייה לרפא נשים ולהציל חיים.
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כך נראה כיבוש pic.twitter.com/S3MfVSJlBq— Ahmad Tibi (@Ahmad_tibi) August 19, 2026
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