CROWDS GREET PALESTINIAN TEEN AFTER JAIL RELEASE

PALESTINIAN teenager Ahed Tamimi left prison on Sunday and was greeted by crowds of supporters after serving eight months for slapping Israeli soldiers.

The episode has made her a symbol of resistance for Palestinians.

Tamimi, 17, and her mother Nariman, who was also jailed over the incident, arrived in their village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank, where they were mobbed by journalists.

Easily recognisable by her shock of reddish hair, Tamimi wore a Palestinian-style keffiyeh around her neck, at times appearing relaxed but at other moments overwhelmed as TV cameras followed her.

“The resistance continues until the fall of the occupation, and of course the (female) prisoners in jail are all strong,” Ahed Tamimi said, her voice barely audible above the crowd.

“I thank everyone who supported me in this sentence and supports all the prisoners.”

Her father Bassem was there to embrace the pair.

Picture: AP Ahed Tamimi is hugged by her father Bassem as she is released from an Israeli prison after serving an eight-month sentence.