Crowds greet Palestinian teen from ‘viral slap video’ after jail release

Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi was greeted by crowds of supporters after serving eight months for slapping Israeli soldiers.

The 17 year old 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, Ahed Tamimi wore a Palestinian-style keffiyeh around her neck, at times appearing relaxed but at other moments overwhelmed as television 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.

Watch the news report form SBS TV News.