Nuclear secrets journalist arrested

British journalist Peter Hounam was released from Israeli custody tonight after a day in custody on suspicions linked to freed nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu.

Hounam interviewed Vanunu in 1986 and has been in Israel since Vanunu’s release from prison last month.

He was arrested yesterday by the Shin Bet internal security service.

Hounam’s lawyer, Avigdor Feldman, said he had not been able to see his client since the arrest.