The Israeli military court at Ashkelon prison extended on Thursday the detention of three Palestinian female prisoners.
Palestinian woman writer Lama Khater 42 was remanded in custody for eight more days the sixth remand since her arrest from her family home in al-Khalil on July 24.
Since her arrest she has been subjected to tough interrogation that often lasts for 10 hours a day with her hands and feet tied.
Khater a mother of five children was detained for her anti-occupation and pro-resistance writings.
The same court also extended the detention of Sonia Hammouri a mother of five and Saida Badr a mother of two for eight days pending investigation.
Hammouri and Badr both from al-Khalil were detained on August 14.
