The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate has condemned the arrest of a distinguished native journalist by Israeli forces within the occupied West Financial institution.
Ali al-Samoudi, who has labored extensively with Western media, was detained throughout a raid on his son’s residence within the northern metropolis of Jenin early on Tuesday.
The 58-year-old was interrogated for half an hour at an unknown location and was later transferred to an Israeli hospital on account of a deterioration in his well being, his son Mohammed stated.
The Israeli navy stated Samoudi was “recognized with the [Palestinian] Islamic Jihad terrorist organisation” and “suspected within the switch of funds” to it, with out giving any proof.
His household strongly denied his involvement and stated that in his lengthy profession he had by no means beforehand confronted such an accusation.
They stated Israeli authorities had not instructed them the title of the hospital the place he was being handled or every other particulars.
He’s anticipated to be introduced earlier than a navy court docket subsequent Tuesday.
The Israeli navy individually introduced on Tuesday that safety forces had detained a complete of 24 wished people “concerned within the switch of funds to terrorist organisations”, together with three from Jenin, throughout raids throughout the West Financial institution.
In Could 2022, Samoudi was working with the Palestinian-American Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Aqla when she was shot lifeless by an Israeli sniper on the entrance to Jenin refugee camp. He was shot and wounded within the again.
In response to the Committee to Defend Journalists (CPJ), Israeli forces have arrested not less than 79 journalists within the West Financial institution and Gaza because the begin of the Gaza warfare in October 2023, whereas Palestinian authorities have arrested 5 others.
One other 176 journalists, nearly all of them Palestinian, have been killed in Gaza, the West Financial institution, Israel and Lebanon in the course of the warfare, the organisation says.
