The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Sunday extended the administrative detention of Palestinian lawmaker Hasan Yousef for another four months.

MP Yousef was supposed to be released on Tuesday March 31 after spending about one year in administrative detention according to his son Owais.

Yousef had been kidnaped from his home in Ramallah city on April 2 2019 and a few days later he was jailed administratively for six renewable months.

The Hamas official only spent a few months outside Israeli jails after his release last October 2018 following 10 months in administrative detention.

An Israeli court on Monday decided to administratively detain senior Hamas official and lawmaker Hasan Yousef.

According to a family source Yousef was told by his jailers that he would be in administrative detention for six renewable months.

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped Yousef from home in Ramallah city on April 2 2019.

The Hamas official only spent four months outside Israeli jails after his release last October 2018 following 10 months in administrative detention.