OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — An Israeli military court has extended the detention of a Palestinian teen who has become a national hero after she was filmed kicking and slapping Israeli soldiers. Ahed Tamimi, a blonde 17-year-old firebrand from the West Bank village of Nebi Saleh, was arrested last week by Israeli troops and faces charges of attacking soldiers. An Israeli military court on Monday extended Tamimi's detention, along with those of her mother mother Nariman Tamimi, 43, and her cousin Nour Naji Tamimi, 21, for four days for questioning. Tamimi was filmed earlier this month outside her family home shouting, pushing, kicking and slapping Israeli soldiers. Palestinians are celebrating her as an icon of a new generation of resistance to Israeli occupation. The Tamimi family are at the forefront of regular protests in Nabi Saleh, a frequent scene of demonstrations against Israel's occupation of the West Bank. They say a member of the family was shot in the head with a rubber bullet during protests on Dec. 15. Residents say part of the village's land was confiscated by Israeli authorities and given to a nearby Israeli settlement. The videos of the alleged assault were widely picked up by Israeli media outlets, which often accuse Palestinian protesters of provoking the army into responses which are then filmed. Some social media users criticized Ahed's arrest in the middle of the night, arguing it is the Palestinian people's right to resist military occupation. Speaking to Al Arabiya News Channel on Monday, Ahed’s father Bassem said that the conditions his wife and daughter are being kept in are harsh, especially during the winter season currently gripping the region. “When I saw her in court yesterday and over the weekend, I felt that she was cold because of the conditions she is being placed in,” Bassem told Al Arabiya. “But Ahed stands for a cause and will do everything she can to stand up to the unjust occupation of her land. Of course, it saddens me that she is in jail as she is my daughter at the end of the day,” he said. “At the end of the day, we have to ask the questions if there is a safe place for us in Palestine today, this is what our children are going through. Any parent would like to hear their children say they want to aspire to be lawyers or follow their passions like football. But in the face on an unjust occupation, we have no choice but to raise strong-willed children who will stand up to the occupiers,” he added. — Agencies