Israeli forces raid home of Palestinian journalist in West Bank
Israeli forces have raided the home of Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi in the occupied West Bank.
On Saturday, Israeli forces raided the home of the 59-year-old journalist while he was away and instead beat his son.
They gave the family a one-hour ultimatum to turn Al-Samoudi in, according to Palestinian media citing local sources.
Al-Samoudi, who was on a visit to Jenin during the raid, had been released from prison on April 30 after spending a year in illegal administrative detention at an Israeli prison.
During his detention, he had been subjected to torture and abuse. He lost weight due to severe food deprivation and denial of basic rights, as is the case of many, if not all, Palestinian abductees.
Israeli occupation forces frequently carry out illegal invasions in the occupied West Bank, breaking into Palestinians’ homes, abducting dozens of civilians, and installing military roadblocks across countryside roads, towns, cities, and refugee camps.
They also abducted scores of other Palestinians in the West Bank over the past week, including Sabri Mousa Jibril and Muath Ammarna, both Palestinian journalists.
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) documented 84 violations against journalists by Israeli forces and settlers in August, including the death of one journalist in prison and the shooting of another.
Some of the violations recorded by the PJS include assaults on media crews, obstruction of their work, arrests and detentions, and damage and destruction of journalistic equipment.
Israeli forces have intensified the raids and abductions in the West Bank since the start of the regime’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, alongside an increase in attacks by settlers and demolitions of Palestinian homes and other structures.
At present, thousands of Palestinians are illegally being held in Israeli prisons.
These include 370 children and 92 women.
Palestinian rights groups have recorded testimonies revealing a range of abuses, including field interrogations, physical assaults, threats against detainees’ families, and even extrajudicial killings.
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