A Palestinian woman was imprisoned for nine years in a bathroom by her father, beaten, barely fed and only let out at night, police said.

Palestinian police say they have freed a young woman whose father kept her locked in the bathroom of their home in the West Bank for about nine years.

Dubai police appealed for an international manhunt today after releasing names and photographs of an alleged 11-member hit squad – including three with Irish passports and six with British passports – accused of killing a Hamas commander last month.