Hawzah News Agency - (Occupied Palestine) - Israeli regime forces have arrested Palestinian Minister of Quds (Jerusalem) Affairs Fadi al-Hadmi during a raid on his home in the occupied city.

Palestine’s Wafa news agency reported on Sunday that the Israeli forces searched Hadmi’s home at night and confiscated his mobile phone before taking him into custody.

Hadmi’s arrest was the first high-profile detention in Tel Aviv’s ongoing crackdown on the Arab neighborhoods in Quds Jerusalem, the report said.

Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld confirmed that Hadami had been arrested and was being questioned for what he merely referred to as “activities in Quds Jerusalem.”

Meanwhile, a source close to the Palestinian minister told AFP that the arrest was most likely linked to Hadmi’s recent activities that included accompanying Chilean President Sebastian Pinera during a visit to the Old City of Quds Jerusalem.

On Tuesday, Pinera visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, situated in East Quds Jerusalem.