The number of palestinian journalists detailed from the time its lunched its war on Gaza have rised to 49.
The development comes as Israel Defense Forces (IDF) arrest Ali Al-Samoudi, a journalist from the occupied West Bank’s city of Jenin.
With the arrest of Ali Al-Samoudi, IDF have arrested 177 reporters since the start of the war on Gaza.
Israeli “authorities continue to escalate their targeting of Palestinian journalists through systematic arrests, in addition to daily targeting of journalists while they are performing their work”, it said in a statement.
“Journalists are subjected to all the systematic crimes faced by prisoners, including starvation, medical crimes, torture, and numerous forms of abuse,” said Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
As of today, there are 19 journalists under administrative detention, a practice used only by Israel, which allows its authorities to detain someone without charge or trial, it added.
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Meanwhile, the number of palestinian killed by IDF since october 7, 2023 has rised to 52,365 with 117,905 wounded.