An Irish woman has been detained by Israel in the West Bank, according to an activist group.
Máire ní Mhurchú, known as D Murphy (70), was detained by Israeli police on Saturday in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank, according to the International Solidarity Movement, the Palestinian anti-occupation group with which the Irish woman has been volunteering since May.
Originally from Cork but living in Swansea, Wales, Ms Murphy was arrested alongside Swedish activist Susanne Björk (48) in Khalet al-Daba’a, a small Palestinian village that was largely demolished by Israeli forces in early May.
After Israeli soldiers ordered the activists to leave, the women activists were…