An Israeli court extended on Sunday the detention period of an employee of Turkish aid agency TIKA until Thursday.
An Israeli court in Beersheba city extended the remand of TIKA staff member Mohamed Murtaja following the demand of an Israeli prosecutor to keep Murtaja under custody.
The Israeli court also imposed a gag order against publishing news on the case until March 14.
Murtaja who had worked for TIKA in the Gaza Strip had reportedly been on his way to Turkey when he was detained on February 12 at the Beit Hanun (Erez) border-crossing north of Gaza Strip.
He is accused of having links to Palestinian resistance movement Hamas communicating with foreign intelligence agencies and plotting against Israel’s national security.
