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Middle East Eye
7 days ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Report: Israeli court extends detention of Palestinian journalist
A military court in Ofer Prison ruled on Sunday to extend the detention of Palestinian journalist Nasser al-Lahham for three more days, according to Haaretz. Israeli forces arrested the veteran journalist during a violent raid on his home in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem early 7 July. Lahham, a 58-year-old journalist with over 30 years of experience reporting from Palestine, is the editor-in-chief of Ma'an News Agency and director of Al-Mayadeen TV's office in Palestine.
Middle East Eye
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Israeli forces arrest veteran Palestinian journalist in West Bank raid
Israeli forces arrested veteran Palestinian journalist Dr Nasser al-Lahham during a violent raid on his home in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem early Monday morning. Lahham, a 58-year-old journalist with over 30 years of experience reporting from Palestine, is the editor-in-chief of Ma'an News Agency and director of Al-Mayadeen TV's office in Palestine. The pre-dawn raid on his home in the village of al-Duha, west of Bethlehem, was described by Al-Mayadeen as 'brutal and repressive'. According to Ma'an, Israeli soldiers stormed the house, ransacked the property, destroyed personal belongings, and confiscated computers and mobile phones before detaining the journalist. Al-Mayadeen accused Israeli forces of spreading chaos and vandalising Lahham's home with total disregard for privacy. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters 'We are not surprised by the occupation's sadistic practices and its hostility toward journalists and press freedom,' the network said, calling for his immediate release. 'We are not surprised by the occupation's sadistic practices and its hostility toward journalists' - Al-Mayadeen TV The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs confirmed that Israeli authorities had extended Lahham's detention and referred him to Ofer Military Court until Thursday. The commission said the arrest is part of a broader policy of targeting journalists, particularly through the use of administrative detention. This controversial practice, routinely employed by Israeli forces against Palestinians, allows for indefinite detention without charge or trial, often based on undisclosed evidence. According to the commission, 22 of the 55 Palestinian journalists currently imprisoned are held under administrative detention orders. Most have not been formally charged, with accusations frequently linked to social media activity labelled as 'incitement'. Israeli crackdown on media The commission also reported that detained journalists face systematic abuse, including torture, beatings, starvation, medical neglect, and degrading treatment. How Israel's attack on Iran enabled an assault on press freedoms Read More » Accoding to Arab48 news outlet, more than 10,400 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons, including 47 women, over 440 children, 3,562 administrative detainees, and 2,214 detainees from Gaza classified by Israel as 'unlawful combatants.' Since 7 October 2023, conditions in Israeli prisons have sharply deteriorated, leading to the deaths of dozens of prisoners. Israeli violations against journalists and press freedom have also escalated significantly since the start of the war, with Palestinian journalists disproportionately targeted. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces have killed at least 228 journalists and media workers. Authorities have also banned Al Jazeera from reporting in Israel and the occupied West Bank, while barring international media from entering the besieged Gaza Strip.
Ammon
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Ammon
39 civilians, mostly children, killed in Israeli airstrikes on several areas in Gaza
Ammon News - 39 civilians, most of them children and women, were killed and dozens were injured in Israeli airstrikes on several areas in the Gaza Strip overnight and Thursday morning. Local sources reported that 27 of them were killed in a large number of raids targeting several homes in Khan Yunis. Dozens of dead and wounded, most of them children, arrived at Nasser Medical Complex. The sources confirmed that the occupation forces bombed a house near the Rafah garage belonging to the Lahham family, and a house on Abu Khater Street near the Islamic University east of Khan Yunis. They also bombed a house belonging to the Al-Zaytani family near the Al-Najjar carpentry shop at the entrance to Hamad City, north of Khan Yunis. The sources indicated that the occupation forces targeted a house belonging to the Al-Bayouk family in central Khan Yunis, a house belonging to the Kaware' family in the European housing complex east of Khan Yunis, and a group of houses belonging to the Al-Amour family in the town of Al-Fakhari, near Khan Yunis. Sources confirmed that the occupation forces bombed the home of the Abu Ta'ima family near the Ashkelon School in the town of Abasan al-Kabira. They also targeted the Abu Haddaf area east of the town of al-Qarara. The sources confirmed that five people were killed and several others were injured as a result of the occupation forces' bombing of a home belonging to the Shihab family in the town of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. WAFA
