Press TV's West Bank reporter Naqaa Hamed released from Israeli jail after two weeks
Press TV reporter Naqaa Hamed has been released after nearly two weeks in detention at Damon Prison, following a decision by the Salem Military Court.
Hamed, 38, was abducted on September 14 by occupation forces at a checkpoint near Tuqu’ in Bethlehem.
Separated from her camera crew, she was transferred to an undisclosed facility and subjected to harsh interrogation regarding her journalistic work. She remained in custody without formal charges.
A Palestinian-American citizen and mother of three, Hamed has over 15 years of experience covering political and humanitarian crises.
Since joining Press TV in 2024, she has provided courageous, field-based reporting on Israeli settler-colonialism and the steadfastness of ordinary Palestinians.
Her abduction follows a relentless pattern of physical and psychological targeting.
Her detention follows previous incidents in which she was targeted while reporting.
In December 2025 and August 2026, Israeli occupation forces deliberately injured her with rubber bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas while she was clearly marked as media in the Qalandia refugee camp.
The physical targeting was preceded by a coordinated smear campaign on social media that falsely branded her an “agent of propaganda.”
Despite her dual American citizenship, Hamed’s family has received no response from the US Embassy in occupied Al-Quds regarding her detention.
Meanwhile, Israeli media and propaganda outlets have amplified unsubstantiated “espionage” claims against her, seeking to legitimize the crackdown on her reporting from the ground.
International press freedom organizations have continued to demand her immediate and unconditional release, condemning efforts to obstruct the flow of information about events in the occupied West Bank.
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