The Israeli army has said it had arrested the prominent 22-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi during a raid in the occupied West Bank, AFP reports.

“Ahed Tamimi was arrested on suspicion of inciting violence and terrorist activities in the town of Nabi Salih” near Ramallah, an army spokesman told AFP.

“Tamimi was transferred to Israeli security forces for further questioning.”

Tamimi became famous at age 14 when she was filmed biting an Israeli soldier to prevent him from arresting her little brother who had his arm in a cast.

She has become an icon of the Palestinian cause and a large portrait of her has been painted on the Israeli separation wall with the West Bank in Bethlehem near Jerusalem.