US EditionIsrael Arrests Al Mayadeen's Palestine Bureau Chief in West Bank
WEST BANK, JUL 7 – Israeli forces arrested nearly a dozen Palestinians and continue demolitions despite a Supreme Court freeze, amid escalating settler violence targeting Palestinian lands and properties.
- Israeli forces arrested Nasser al-Lahham, Al Mayadeen's Palestine bureau chief, from his home in Bethlehem on Monday and confiscated his phones.
- The arrest followed the Israeli government's security cabinet decision to shut down Al Mayadeen's operations and broadcasts in Israel and the West Bank.
- The ban targeted the Beirut-based, Hezbollah-affiliated network, with its offices in the West Bank closed, equipment seized, and reporters banned from working in Israel.
- Defense Minister Yoav Gallant labeled Al Mayadeen as Hezbollah's propaganda outlet and urged that legal and financial actions be taken targeting its staff for their alleged support of terrorism.
- Journalists condemned Lahham’s arrest, Hezbollah condemned the move, and legal challenges have been filed, highlighting ongoing disputes over media freedoms amid heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
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Israeli court extends detention of Palestinian newspaper's editor-in-chief in West Bank
Dr. Nasser Laham, editor of Palestinian news outlet Ma'an, was arrested by the IDF Monday for involvement with Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen, which is outlawed in Israel, but not in the West Bank. He is suspected of supporting and inciting terrorism
The Commission on Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Society of Palestinian Prisoners (SPP) announced this Tuesday, in a statement, that Nasser al-Lahham was transferred from the Maskoubiye detention centre to the prison. READ ALSO Israeli attacks leave more than 35 Palestinians murdered in Gaza on the last day Palestinian prisoners' legal representation groups confirmed that Israeli forces led the kidnapped head of Al-Mayadeen's Palesti…
'Israeli' Forces Arrest Al Mayadeen Bureau Chief in West Bank
“Israeli” occupation forces arrested Nasser al-Lahham, director of Al Mayadeen’s office in occupied Palestine, on Monday, during a pre-dawn raid on his home in Beit Lahm, southern West Bank. Local sources reported that the arrest was accompanied by deliberate acts of vandalism, as soldiers stormed al-Lahham’s residence, smashing furniture and seizing personal mobile phones belonging to him and his family. The same sources informed Al Mayadeen th…
Israel arrests Al Mayadeen’s Palestine bureau chief in West Bank
The Palestine bureau chief of TV news channel Al-Mayadeen has been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the broadcaster said Monday. Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV cited sources which said that Israel’s internal security services, Shin Bet, detained Nasser al-Lahham from his home in Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank. It added that the Israeli officers had been trying to locate the studio used by Lahham. The TV channel which is a…
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