Israeli authorities on Wednesday extended the detention of a player on the Palestinian women’s national soccer team after she was arrested the day before for allegedly “throwing objects” at people in Jerusalem, police told AFP.

Twenty-year-old Rand Halawani was arrested Tuesday night, police said.

“Officers arrested a male and female suspect, aged 18 and 20, residents of East Jerusalem, who are suspected of being the individuals documented throwing objects at demonstrators,” police said in a statement.

Police did not elaborate on the allegations.

According to the Palestinian Authority, an Israeli court extended Halawani’s detention until Friday.

The Palestinian Football Association denounced the prolonged detention, saying the arrest was “not an isolated incident, it is part of a well-documented pattern of systematic targeting of Palestinian athletes, which continues without accountability.”

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