A 19-year old woman has been jailed by the Israeli authorities for refusing to be conscripted into the Israel Defence Force.

Noa Gur Golan is currently being held in a military prison near Haifa, having been detained for more than 30 days.

She is being held in a room with nine other women and is only allowed to see her family once every two weeks.

Israel expects all Jewish, Druze and Circassian Israeli over the age of 18 to do their military service, with women being conscripted for two years and men two years and eight months.

Ms Golan's brothers, aged 29 and 24, have completed their service with the Israeli Defence Force.

She had sought to avoid military service on the grounds of her being a pacifist, but her plea has been rejected in the two hearings she has had so far, the Independent reported.