Ramallah – 9 ^th April 2025: The crimes and violations against media freedoms in Palestine continued at high and alarming rates during the past month of March, marking a significant increase compared to February.

The documented violations in March amounted to ninety-nine (99), reflecting a sixty-five percent (65%) rise compared to February, when MADA had recorded sixty-three (63) violations against media freedoms in Palestine. This surge is a direct consequence of the resumption of the assault on the Gaza Strip, which began on March eighteenth (18^th), following the ceasefire that had been in place between Israel and Hamas in Gaza since January nineteenth (19^th).

In total, the month of March 2025 witnessed ninety-nine (99) attacks on media freedoms in Palestine. Of these, ninety-eight (98) were carried out by the Israeli occupation, while a single (1) violation was attributed to other entities. This violation involved the United States and the European Union issuing a decision to ban “Al-Aqsa Satellite Channel” and prevent its broadcasting via the French satellite, following a complaint filed by the State of Israel. Additionally, they prohibited any other satellite provider from hosting the channel, and imposed a heavy financial fine on any entity that would air the channel, accusing it of “sponsoring terrorism”.

Israeli Violations:

During the month of March, Israeli occupation forces and authorities committed a total of ninety-eight (98) crimes and attacks against media freedoms in Palestine, accounting for ninety-nine percent (99%) of all violations that occurred during the month. These assaults represent a seventy-eight percent (78%) increase over the violations documented in the previous month, which totaled fifty-five (55) attacks. The Israeli violations were distributed across seventy-eight (78) attacks in the West Bank, and twenty (20) violations in the Gaza Strip.

These violations were deliberately and systematically carried out against journalists, despite the clear identification of their “professional identities” as journalists in most cases. The aim was to obscure the actions of the Israeli occupation forces and their security services against Palestinian civilians in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Often, these “composite” violations targeted several journalists multiple times throughout the month.

During March, the Israeli assaults remained among the most dangerous and severe against journalists and media freedoms as a whole, due to the resumption of the killing of journalists, which had temporarily stopped in February. MADA documented the targeting of eight (8) journalists in the “Tel Al-Attar” area in the city of “Beit Lahya” three (3) of whom were part of the media team of the “Al-Khair International” Organization. Journalist ALAA AL-QASSEM, who had been injured in November 2023, died on March fifteenth (15^th) in Qatar, where she had been receiving treatment.

In addition to the killings, MADA documented six (6) physical assaults on journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The most severe of these was the attack by settlers using sharp tools on Palestinian filmmaker HAMDAN BALAL – one of the directors of the documentary film “No Other Land” – in the “Masafer Yatta” area south of the West Bank. The assault ended with his arrest by Israeli forces despite his injuries. Journalist MOATH AL-AMOUR, a reporter for “Shihab News Agency”, was also injured with moderate wounds in his right thigh from a rubber-coated metal bullet while on a journalistic assignment in the “Tel Al-Muntar” area of the Gaza Strip.

Moreover, Al-Aqsa TV employee MAJED HAMADA was injured in various parts of his body after Israeli aircraft bombed his home in the “Al-Tuffah” neighborhood of Gaza City. Israeli forces also assaulted freelance journalist HAJJ BANI MEFLAH, beating him severely with the bottom of a rifle at the entrance of “Beita” town after handcuffing his hands, while detaining him to prevent him from covering events there.

Throughout March, Israeli forces arrested eight (8) journalists, including photojournalist AHMAD JALAJEL, who was arrested twice within a few days, and journalist BAYAN AL-JA’BA, who, along with her husband, the director of “Jerusalem Media Center” journalist MOHAMMED AL-SADIQ, was detained from the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and taken to the “Qishleh” Interrogation Center on charges of “incitement via social media”.

Notably, Palestinian journalists in Jerusalem were subjected to summons and interrogations during the holy month of Ramadan, culminating in orders for their expulsion from Al-Aqsa Mosque. These included journalists BAYAN AL-JA’BA, her husband MOHAMMED AL-SADIQ, MOHAMMED DWEIK, BASSAM ZAIDANI, MOHAMMED ABU SNEINEH, NADINE JAFAR, AHMAD JALAJEL, IBRAHIM SINJLAWI, LATIFA ABD AL-LATIF, WAHBI MAKIYEH, SAIF AL-QAWASMI, and FIRAS AL-DIBS. Furthermore, Israeli soldiers threatened to expel seven (7) other journalists from Jerusalem if they continued their coverage.

On another front, Hebrew media outlets used their social media pages to incite against journalist SALEH AL-JA’FARAWI, accusing him of participating in the events of October seventh (7^th), while a page affiliated with settlers incited against freelance journalist HASSAN ESLAIH and Al-Jazeera reporter ANAS AL-SHARIF, calling for their murder due to their professional coverage of the war.

MADA documented twenty-two (22) cases of obstruction of journalistic coverage and attacks on journalists to prevent reporting in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, four (4) instances of deleting footage from journalists’ cameras and phones, and six (6) cases of equipment confiscation. Additionally, Israeli forces raided the home of journalist SHATHA HAMAD and confiscated her press helmet. Israeli airstrikes also destroyed three (3) homes belonging to journalists in the Gaza Strip.

In this context, the Israeli military court at “Ofer” Detention Center extended the administrative detention of journalist QUTAIBAH MOHAMMED HAMDAN (31 years old) for the third time. Israeli forces had arrested HAMDAN in September 2024 from his home in the town of “Betunia” west of Ramallah.

List of media martyrs during the month of December

#	Name of Journalist	Date Killed	Place of Work
1.	ALAA ASAD QASEM	14th March 2025	Al-Risalah Newspaper
2.	BILAL ABU MATAR	15th January 2025	Editor of Al-Khair International Organization
3.	BILAL AKILAH	15th January 2025	Cameraman of Al-Khair International Organization
4.	MAHMOUD YAHYA ALSARRAJ	15th January 2025	Cameraman of Al-Khair International Organization
5.	MAHMOUD SALIM ISLAIM	15th January 2025	Freelance journalist
6.	HUSSAM ALTITI	18th January 2025	ABC News
7.	HUSSAM SHABAT	24th March 2025	Al-Jazeera Live
8.	MOHAMMED IMAD MANSOUR	25th March 2025	Palestine Today

 

Details of the Violations:

(01/03) On Saturday evening, the Israeli occupation authorities released journalist BAYAN AL-JA'BAH, placing her under house arrest at her family’s house in the Old City of Jerusalem and barring her from returning to her home in the “Shufat” neighborhood. This occurred after her arrest the previous evening in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound while she was with her husband, journalist MOHAMMED AL-SADIQ, the director of the “Jerusalem Media Center”, and their two young daughters.

According to the statement provided by journalist MOHAMMED AL-SADIQ, BAYAN’s husband, they were both arrested from the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards and taken to a police station near “Bab al-Majlis” (the Council Gate) on the western side of the mosque’s courtyards. The police officers requested that they accompany them without verifying their identities and without allowing them to wait for family members to pick up their children.

The couple was transferred to the “Beit Elyaho” interrogation center near Bab al-Silsilah (the Chain Gate), located about 50 meters from Bab al-Majlis, a distance they walked for roughly half an hour, which caused significant fatigue for BAYAN due to her health condition (she was in her final month of pregnancy, expected to give birth within days).

After waiting for about an hour, they were then transferred by Israeli police car to the “Al-Qishla” interrogation center in the Old City. There, an officer charged BAYAN with “incitement via social media”, while accusing her husband of “disrupting public order” by being present at Al-Aqsa, charges commonly directed at journalists in Jerusalem recently, especially during Ramadan.

MOHAMMED AL-SADIQ received an order for expulsion from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which could be extended, along with a requirement to return for further questioning on Thursday, March 6, 2025. As for BAYAN, she was informed that she would remain in custody until her trial the following day. However, after her lawyer presented medical documents outlining the risks of her pregnancy, she was released at midnight with house arrest imposed at her family’s house in the Old City of Jerusalem and a ban on returning to her home in the “Shufat” camp. Her phone was confiscated, and she was ordered to appear for further interrogation when summoned.

On Sunday, March 2, BAYAN AL-JA’BAH was summoned to the Israeli police center at “Al-Qishla” in Bab al-Khalil in the Old City of Jerusalem, where she was interrogated for over three hours. During the interrogation, the authorities informed her of a court session scheduled against her at the Israeli “Magistrate Court” in occupied Jerusalem on Thursday, to present charges against her.

 

(02/03) On Sunday, March 2, 2025, Israeli occupation police interrogated freelance photojournalist MOHAMMED DIAB DWEIK for half an hour at the “Al-Qishla” interrogation center, accusing him of “posing a threat to Israeli security due to his presence at Al-Aqsa Mosque”. As a result, a two-month expulsion order from Al-Aqsa was issued against him.

In his statement to the MADA Center, MOHAMMED DIAB DWEIK, 33 years old, said that he received a call from Israeli police at 3:30 PM on Sunday, asking him to report to the “Al-Qishla” center that same day. He apologized due to being occupied at that moment, and the appointment was rescheduled for 8:00 PM, after Iftar (the evening meal to break the fast).

When MOHAMMED arrived at the police station, the officer informed him “According to our investigations, your presence at Al-Aqsa poses a threat to the security of the State of Israel”. MOHAMMED expressed disbelief at the accusation, explaining that he rarely visits Al-Aqsa and usually only does so once a week, sometimes only on Fridays.

The officer responded by stating that, from that moment, he was prohibited from entering Al-Aqsa for a week, and instructed that he would be contacted the following Sunday to review the final decision about the duration of his expulsion, which could be extended. MOHAMMED was released from the interrogation within half an hour.

The following Sunday, March 9, 2025, MOHAMMED did not go in person to the police station. Instead, he asked his lawyer to contact them and collect the renewal notice for his expulsion, which had been extended for another two months, ending on May 2, 2025.

 

(03/03) On Monday afternoon, Israeli intelligence interrogated freelance journalist BASSAM ZAIDANI for half an hour, accusing him of causing disturbances due to his presence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. He was handed two expulsion orders: the first for one week and the second for three months.

BASSAM ZAIDANI (38 years old) informed MADA Center that he received a phone call from Israeli intelligence at around 8:00 PM on Sunday, March 2, 2025, summoning him to the “Al-Qishla” interrogation center the following day to receive his expulsion orders from Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The journalist arrived at 4:00 PM on Monday and underwent a 30-minute interrogation regarding a secret file held by the police and the Israeli General Security Service (Shin  Bet). The authorities claimed that his presence at the mosque could provoke disturbances. He was then handed an expulsion order from the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings for one week. After the interrogation, he was informed to return to meet with the responsible officer after the week-long period, on March 9, 2025, to receive a final decision. The expulsion could be extended for a period ranging from one day to six months.

The order stipulated that he would be banned from entering Al-Aqsa and the surrounding areas, including certain alleys in the Old City leading to the mosque, for one week.

On Sunday, March 9, 2025, the expulsion order was renewed, extending his ban from Al-Aqsa for another three months.

 

(02/03) On Sunday evening, Israeli police detained freelance journalist MOHAMMED ABU SNEINAH for half an hour before transferring him to the "Beit “lyaho” interrogation center, where he was issued a one-week expulsion order from Al-Aqsa Mosque, which was later extended for three months.

MOHAMMED ADLI ABDUL HAKEEM ABU SNEINAH (21 years old) stated to MADA Center that he went to Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday evening to perform the Isha and Taraweeh prayers on the second night of Ramadan.

Around 7:00 PM, when he arrived at the “Bab al-Hatta” entrance on the northern side, the police stopped him from entering and detained him for half an hour. He was then taken from the mosque to “Bab al-Silsilah” (the Chain Gate) in the western side of the mosque, and transferred to the “Beit Elyaho” detention center. There, a district officer handed him an expulsion order from Al-Aqsa for one week, accusing him of inciting disturbances at the mosque. He was told to return after one week to receive a decision regarding the renewal of his expulsion, which could last up to six months.

On Sunday, March 9, 2025, MOHAMMED received a renewed expulsion order for a three-month period.

 

(03/03) On Monday evening, journalist and reporter for the “Shehab News Agency” MOATH AL-AMOUR was injured with moderate wounds in his right thigh after being shot by an Israeli tank during a journalistic assignment in the “Tel al-Muntar” area.

According to MOATH SULEIMAN AL-AMOUR (36 years old), he was carrying out a journalistic task at approximately 3:30 PM on Monday in central Gaza City when an Israeli tank stationed in the “Tel al-Muntar” area, about 4 kilometers from civilian areas, began firing directly at civilian homes.

During this incident, MOATH was struck by a metal bullet that penetrated his right thigh without him immediately noticing, leaving him unable to move. He was then transported in a civilian vehicle to “Al-Kuwaiti” Hospital in the city for treatment, where he underwent surgery to remove the bullet.

 

(04/03) On Tuesday evening, Israeli occupation authorities arrested freelance journalist NADINE JAFAR from the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards, where she was detained for approximately 4 hours and interrogated at the “Al-Qishla” interrogation center regarding her journalistic work. She was subsequently handed an expulsion order from Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week.

NADINE HUSSAM MOHAMMED JAFAR (22) informed the MADA Center that at approximately 6:20 PM on Tuesday, while she was in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa near the Qibli Mosque, a group of Israeli police officers approached and stopped her just before the Maghrib prayers. The officers told her to accompany them to avoid being subjected to physical violence.

She was escorted to the police station near Bab al-Silsilah, where her belongings were searched, and she was subjected to a body search. She waited until the investigator arrived to take her to the “Al-Qishla” center, where she was interrogated about her journalistic activities and charged with “incitement”. When she inquired about the specific “incendiary material” she was accused of, she received no clear answer.

She was released around 10:00 PM and handed an expulsion order from Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week. She was instructed to return to “Al-Qishla” at the end of the period, on March 9, 2025, for a final decision, which could either confirm the expulsion or extend it further.

On March 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM, NADINE returned to the “Al-Qashla” center, where she was informed that no decision had been made yet. They instructed her to call the center for an update, but she received no response.

 

(05/03) On Wednesday afternoon, photojournalist YOUSEF SHAHADA, working for “Awda TV” was injured by shrapnel from rubber-coated bullets in the head while covering an Israeli military raid on the town of “Rafat” northwest of Jerusalem.

YOUSEF MADI SHAHADA (25) reported to the MADA Center that he had gone to Rafat on Wednesday afternoon to cover clashes that erupted in the town after Israeli forces surrounded the house of injured prisoner HAIEL DAIFALLAH. Israeli forces had entered several areas of the village. Among the journalists present at the scene were: (MUTASEM SAQF AL-HAIT, MOHAMMED TURKMAN, KAREEM KHAMAISA, MOMEN SAMREEN, and MOHAMMED FARARI).

At approximately 4:00 PM, the journalists found themselves in the direct line of fire from Israeli forces, who began firing rubber-coated bullets at the journalists, who sought refuge behind a large wall or attempted to retreat. While attempting to escape, YOUSEF was struck by a rubber-coated bullet, which caused his head to hit a stone, and he was injured by a fragment of the bullet.

He was transferred by car to the hospital, but Israeli soldiers delayed the vehicle’s passage, holding it for approximately thirty-five (35) minutes before allowing it to continue to the hospital.

 

(05/03) Israeli forces arrested journalist AHMAD JALAJEL in the town of “Silwan” in Jerusalem twice over a span of a few days, subjecting him to interrogation about his journalistic work. During the first arrest, he was held for five hours, after which he was released. The second arrest led to him receiving an expulsion order from Al-Aqsa Mosque.

According to freelance photojournalist AHMAD OSMAN JALAJEL (46), he told MADA Center that on Wednesday, around 5:45 PM, during the Maghrib prayer time, Israeli intelligence agents raided his home in Silwan, Jerusalem. They handcuffed him and arrested him after searching the house and tampering with its contents.

He was transported by police car to the “Ouz” police station in the “Jabal Mukaber” area in southern Jerusalem, where he was interrogated about his journalistic activities and posts on social media, including some posts from October 7, 2023, which coincidentally was also his birthday.

During the interrogation, the journalist was physically assaulted, pushed to the ground, and subjected to pressure on his hands with the handcuffs. He was also verbally and psychologically threatened, including threats of deportation to the Gaza Strip and warnings that all his social media accounts were under surveillance.

He was released at around 11:00 PM after approximately five hours of detention and interrogation.

Three days later, on Saturday, March 8, 2025, between 5:30 and 6:00 PM, AHMED was arrested again from the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards. He was handed a summons to appear for questioning at the “Al-Qishla” center the next day.

On the appointed day, AHMED arrived at the “Al-Qishla” center, where he was handed an expulsion order from Al-Aqsa Mosque.

 

(07/03) Israeli soldiers prevented journalists from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque courtyard and obstructed their work while covering the arrival of citizens for Friday prayers. They threatened the journalists with arrest and the confiscation of their cameras if they did not leave.

According to an account by photographer SARI ABDEL-GHAFAR JARADAT from Quds News Agency to the MADA Center, he, along with ABDUL MOHSEN SHALALDA, a journalist from “Space Media”, and freelance journalist YASSER JARADAT, arrived at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of Hebron around 11:00 AM on Friday to cover the arrival of worshippers for Friday prayers.

Upon reaching the iron gate leading to the Ibrahimi Mosque, the journalists were stopped by Israeli soldiers, who prohibited them from entering the outer courtyard of the mosque. After a brief exchange, the journalists moved a few meters back from the gate to set up their cameras and continue their coverage. However, the soldiers approached them again and demanded that they leave the area entirely, threatening to arrest them and confiscate their cameras if they did not comply. The journalists were ultimately forced to leave the location.

 

 

(08/03) Israeli forces detained several journalists outside the Jenin Governmental Hospital for about an hour while they were covering the detention of journalist MASHAAL ABU ALROB at the entrance to the Jenin refugee camp on Saturday afternoon. The soldiers confiscated memory cards from their cameras and deleted the footage.

MOHAMMED SAMIR ABED (29 years old), a reporter for Quds News Network, reported to a MADA field researcher that at approximately 1:00 PM on Saturday, they received news of the detention of journalists outside the Jenin Governmental Hospital. MOHAMMED, along with fellow journalists ANAS HOUSHIYA from “Awda TV”, MOHAMMED ABDUL KHALEQ from “Al-Alam TV”, and freelance journalist MAHMOUD ZAKARNEH, went to the area to cover the events. At that time, Israeli soldiers were detaining journalist MASHAAL ABU ALROB, a reporter for “Palestine Post”. While documenting the situation, the soldiers shouted at the journalists to approach them, but the journalists continued filming.

Unexpectedly, the soldiers charged at them, ordered them to come forward, and detained them near the hospital. They confiscated their phones and deleted much of the recorded material and video footage. The soldiers also seized three camera memory cards—two from MOHAMMED ABED’s camera and one from MOHAMMED ABDUL KHALEQ’s camera.

The soldiers demanded to see the journalists’ IDs, took photographs of them with their identification cards, and continued detaining them for about an hour. During the detention, a surveillance drone flew directly above them.

After approximately an hour, the soldiers returned the journalists’ phones and instructed them to move a significant distance, leading them to the Al-Amal Hospital, located on the road leading to the Jenin Governmental Hospital.

 

(09/03) Israeli forces stormed the home of freelance journalist SHATHA HAMMAD in the town of Silwad early on Sunday morning, conducting a violent search and causing significant damage. They also confiscated her helmet and withdrew after an hour and a half.

According to a statement from freelance journalist SHATHA ABD AL-RAHMAN HAMMAD (35 years old) to the MADA Center, Israeli soldiers broke into her two-story house around 5:30 AM on Sunday through the balcony of her room. Approximately five soldiers climbed the balcony while others forcefully knocked on the door. At the time, only SHATHA, her sister, and her mother were at home.

After opening the door, the soldiers entered through the main entrance, detained the family members’ phones, and stole a sum of money between $700 and 7,000 shekels, as well as SHATHA’s protective helmet. They forced SHATHA, her mother, and her sister to sit in one room before making them go downstairs to her brother’s apartment. SHATHA’s brother, his wife, and child were present at the time, and the soldiers ordered them to sit in the living room before beginning their search, vandalism, and destruction of items in both homes. No one was allowed to move or speak during the search.

The soldiers caused widespread damage, and the family could hear the sounds of breaking and destruction continuing until about 7:00 AM. While searching SHATHA’s phone, they discovered she was a journalist, and some soldiers began insulting her. They then thoroughly searched her phone and interrogated SHATHA about a picture she had used in her journalistic work. The soldiers also broke toys and other household items.

The soldiers left around 7:00 AM after searching the phones and returning them, although they kept SHATHA’s helmet.

 

(10/03) Israeli police detained freelance journalist IBRAHIM AL-SANJLAWI while he was passing through “Bab al-Silsila” to cover the atmosphere of Ramadan on Monday evening. They searched him and informed him he was being detained due to a six-month exclusion order from Al-Aqsa Mosque issued in February.

According to IBRAHIM AL-SANJLAWI’s statement to the MADA Center, he arrived at Al-Aqsa Mosque at 7:00 PM on Monday, March 10, 2025, to cover the Ramadan atmosphere. While passing through “Bab al-Silsila” a police officer stopped him, checked his ID, and told him he was detained. The officer searched him physically in the public area and confiscated his phone and personal belongings for a period. The officer then told him “Do not return to Al-Aqsa” threatening him with arrest and instructing him to go to the “Al-Qishleh” detention center to receive the exclusion order.

Around 8:00 PM, IBRAHIM went to receive the decision and waited for two hours before the order was handed to him. He had previously received a one-week exclusion from Al-Aqsa since February 17, 2025. After the expiration of that period, the Israeli police in Jerusalem issued a renewed exclusion order for six months, but IBRAHIM was unaware of this extension.

 

(10/03) Hebrew media outlets publicly incited against freelance journalist SALEH AL-JAFARAWI on their social media platforms, publishing false claims about his involvement in the October 7^th events and spreading images along with death threats.

In his statement to the MADA Center, freelance journalist SALEH AMER AL-JAFARAWI (27 years old) expressed his shock at the continuous and systematic incitement against him by Israeli media channels, simply because he is a Palestinian journalist who regularly covers events from the field. The latest of these incidents involved Hebrew media outlets using provocative language to stir up Israeli street anger and encourage settlers to target him, claiming that his coverage of the October 7^th, 2023, events amounted to participating in the events themselves, and that he had celebrated them when, in fact, the journalist had been crying while covering the bombing of Gaza.

Despite the inaccuracy of these claims—his coverage had been purely journalistic, like many other journalists who documented the bombings and other attacks—Hebrew media outlets incited directly against them, publishing their photos and issuing death threats.

 

(12/03) Israeli forces arrested freelance cameraman AHMAD FATHI AL-KHATIB after storming the residential building where he lives in Betunia in the Ramallah area early on Wednesday morning. He was released after more than 10 hours of detention.

According to freelance cameraman AHMAD FATHI AL-KHATIB (38 years old), in his statement to the MADA Center, Israeli forces attempted to raid the residential building around 4:30 AM on Wednesday. In response, AL-KHATIB quickly opened the building’s door to prevent it from being blown up or forcibly opened. When he asked the soldiers what they wanted, they inquired about his name, and upon confirming it, they told him he was the one they were looking for.

Two soldiers stormed AL-KHATIB’s home, and he asked them not to scare the children, assuring them that he would provide whatever they needed. The soldiers took his mobile phone and, after leaving the house, requested his ID, which was in his car parked downstairs. After approximately 30 minutes, they blindfolded him, handcuffed him, and took him to the “Beit El” military camp in the Beit El settlement, located on Palestinian land northeast of Al-Bireh. During the ride, a soldier in the jeep ordered him to repeat his name and that he was “the king” while taking photos of him.

The cameraman was held at the “Beit El” military camp for about two to three hours before being transferred in a private vehicle to the “Ofer” military camp, built on Palestinian land in Betunia. He remained blindfolded and handcuffed, without being questioned or investigated, until around 2:00 PM. At that time, he was transported in a military vehicle, and his blindfold was removed as they reached the entrance to the Al-Ram town between Ramallah and Jerusalem. His handcuffs remained, and a soldier told him he was being released but had to find his own way back to Ramallah since he had no money.

 

(12/03) Israeli forces stopped the crew of Al-Alam TV, assaulted them, and prevented them from taking photos in Araba town on Wednesday. They also confiscated the reporter’s phone, RAYA AROUQ, and threw the car key in a distant area, which was later found in a trash bin in the town.

In her statement to the MADA Center, Al-Alam TV reporter RAYA JAMIL AROUQ (36 years old) mentioned that she and her cameraman, MOHAMMED AHMED ABDUL KHALEQ (25 years old), were leaving Araba town south of Jenin in their private car after covering an Israeli military raid on the “Al-Areda” Diwan, which had been turned into a military base, as well as an arrest campaign in the town.

When they reached Araba roundabout, they saw a number of Israeli soldiers on foot. The cameraman asked her to stop the car so he could take a shot of them. As soon as the soldiers saw them, they ordered him to stop filming, then approached the car with their weapons drawn and demanded they leave the area.

One of the soldiers took RAYA’s phone, an iPhone, while another soldier grabbed the car key and threw it in an open area. After the soldiers left, the journalist searched for her phone everywhere without success. She returned to her home in Jenin, tried to access her iCloud account on her laptop, and discovered that her phone was still in Araba. Upon locating it, she found the phone discarded in one of the trash bins in the town.

 

(14/03) The United States and the European Union issued a decision to ban Al-Aqsa Satellite Channel and prevent its transmission via any satellite network, effective from Friday afternoon, March 14, 2025.

In his statement, WISSAM AFIFA, the Executive Director of Al-Aqsa Satellite Channel, said the channel’s management was taken by surprise by the US-EU decision. They received an email from one of the intermediary companies that provides services to the channel, which contained a summary of the effective decision.

The decision included blocking the channel, which broadcasts via the French satellite, and preventing any other satellite from hosting it. Additionally, any future hosting of the channel would result in substantial financial penalties. The French satellite management received this decision from the European Union, following a complaint submitted by the Israeli occupation.

The United States and the European Union warned satellite companies that hosting Al-Aqsa Channel would lead to charges of “sponsoring terrorism” against the satellite operators. As a result, the channel was completely shut down, with its transmission interrupted during a live broadcast of the ongoing tragic situation in Gaza, and without prior notice. This act is considered a blatant assault on Palestinian media and is seen as part of the broader policy to suppress Palestinian content, aligning with the occupation’s demands.

It is important to note that Al-Aqsa Channel has been subjected to at least six previous instances of broadcast bans, as well as the bombing and destruction of its offices in Gaza, with the most recent attack occurring during the 2023 war.

 

(14/03) Journalist ALAA ASAD QASEM (34 years old) of Al-Risala Newspaper died on Friday in a hospital in Doha, Qatar, due to the severe injuries she sustained in November 2023.

In her statement to the MADA Center, ALAA’s sister, SONDOS QASEM, mentioned that ALAA was injured during an Israeli airstrike that targeted the family home in Gaza City in November 2023, about a month after the start of the war on Gaza. ALAA sustained critical injuries across her entire body and was initially transferred to a field hospital in Gaza City and then to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Due to delays in receiving the necessary travel permit for treatment abroad, her condition deteriorated, exacerbating her already critical health situation.

After a prolonged period of suffering, the journalist was finally able to leave Gaza for treatment. She arrived in Egypt and then traveled to Qatar. After months of trying to manage her deteriorating condition, ALAA passed away in the hospital in Doha.

 

(15/03) Israeli soldiers prevented a crew of Palestine TV from reporting on the harassment of citizens by soldiers in Hebron city on Saturday morning, obstructing their work and forcing them to stop and leave the area immediately.

In his statement to the MADA Center, Palestine TV reporter AZMI BANAT reported that he, cameraman FADI KHALLAF, and Hebron Office Director JIHAD AL-QAWASMEH were present around 10:00 AM on Saturday near the Al-Takiya Al-Khayriya building, close to the Ibrahimi Mosque, to prepare reports on the harassment of citizens by Israeli forces during Ramadan.

As soon as they began working, three soldiers arrived at the location and demanded they stop filming and leave the area immediately without giving any reason. The crew moved to the outer area of the Ibrahimi Mosque’s plaza behind the iron gate, and while they began an on-air interview with the director of the mosque, the soldiers opened the gate, approached them, and forced them to stop the broadcast and leave the area immediately, shouting at them.

The crew left for their vehicle near the Hebron Reconstruction Committee’s headquarters, but the soldiers followed them and asked them to stop. They took their IDs and demanded that BANAT provide the address of the broadcast’s page to watch the footage. After a few minutes, the soldiers returned the journalists’ IDs and instructed them to leave the area.

 

(15/03) An Israeli aircraft targeted four journalists with a missile on Saturday afternoon while they were covering relief operations for the Al-Khair International Organization for displaced people in Beit Lahya, northern Gaza, instantly killing them.

According to EYAD MAHMOUD, an eyewitness who documented the crime, a number of journalists working with the Al-Khair International Organization, based in London, were in the Al-Atatra area of Beit Lahya when they were targeted. The team consisted of Editor BILAL ABU MATAR, cameramen BILAL AKILA and MAHMOUD YAHYA AL-SARAJ, along with freelance journalist MAHMOUD SELIM ESLAIM, who had been hired by the team to cover the suffering of displaced people at one of the shelters in Beit Lahya using a small drone for documentary purposes.

The four journalists were covering relief operations for Al-Khair International Organization around 1:00 PM on Saturday when an Israeli aircraft monitored and tracked them until they finished their work. As they were leaving the area in a civilian vehicle, the aircraft targeted them with a missile, instantly killing them and causing the vehicle to catch fire. Nine civilians, including the four journalists, were martyred in the attack. The victims’ bodies were transported to the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.

 

(16/03) Israeli authorities interrogated journalist LANA KAMLA on Monday afternoon at the “Al-Qishlah” interrogation center for two hours regarding her media work, accusing her of working with Palestine TV. She was released just before the Maghrib prayer.

In her statement to the MADA Center, LANA MOHAMMED KAMLA (40 years old), a journalist at the Marcel TV production company, said that she received a phone call around 8:00 AM on Sunday from the “Al-Qishlah”center, requesting her to attend for interrogation at 3:00 PM on the same day.

Upon her arrival, before the interrogation began, the officer asked her about her phone and identity, to which she replied that she did not have her phone but provided her identity card. She was then taken in.

During the two-hour interrogation, they started by asking about “the situation in the country” and about her personal information. They also accused her of working with Palestine TV, which she denied, stating that she worked for Marcel production. The officer continued to question her about her media work and coordination with other teams.

At one point, another interrogator entered and spoke in Hebrew with the first officer. LANA understood some of their conversation, which included a remark from the second officer saying, “She is mocking us” and the first officer responding “Keep trying with her”.

The officers then presented her with several documents and asked her to sign them. She refused, saying “I will not sign something that does not concern me”. The officer then took the papers and asked his colleague to take a photo of them with LANA, saying, “So you don’t claim that you did not receive the decision” referring to the decision not to work with Palestine TV.

Around 5:00 PM, LANA asked to return home due to the approaching time for Iftar. She was released with a threat.

 

(16/03) Israeli police arrested journalist LATIFA ABDEL LATIF after raiding her home in the Old City of Jerusalem around 9:00 PM on Sunday. She was released after two days in detention and handed a decision to ban her from Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week, with the possibility of renewal.

Her arrest followed the monitoring of her posts on social media, which were deemed to include “praise for terrorists”.

A court hearing was held the day after her arrest, and at around 4:00 PM, the court issued a decision to release her on bail, subject to monitoring and the requirement to report to the Israeli police when summoned. The prosecution was given time to appeal the decision. If the appeal was accepted, she would be presented before the central court the following day. If rejected, the release order would be enforced immediately.

The police submitted their appeal to the central court, and her detention was extended until the next morning for a hearing on the appeal.

On Tuesday, March 18, the central court judge rejected the police’s appeal and ordered the immediate release of LATIFA ABDEL LATIF. Her lawyer also reported that the Israeli prison authorities turned off the screen through which LATIFA attended her court session. During this time, she was threatened by the prison authorities and prevented from communicating with anyone in the courtroom, whether by speech or gesture. After her release, Israeli police summoned her for questioning the next morning.

On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, during her interrogation at the Qishlah center at 10:00 AM, she was handed a decision to ban her from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for a week, which could be extended up to six (6) months.

 

(18/03) HASSAN AL-TITI, a reporter for ABC News, was martyred at the age of 46 when an Israeli warplane targeted his house in Gaza city early on Tuesday morning.

In his statement to the MADA Center, FADI AL-TITI, the martyr’s son, explained that at around 2:30 AM on Tuesday, following the Israeli decision to resume the war on Gaza, an Israeli F16 fighter jet bombed their house in Gaza city. This attack resulted in the martyrdom of HASSAN AL-TITI, his mother, and his sister, while his son FADI was injured. Their bodies were recovered from the rubble and transferred to the Baptist Hospital in Gaza city.

 

(19/03) Israeli intelligence summoned freelance journalist WAHBI MAKIYA on Wednesday to deliver an order banning him from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.

WAHBI MAKIYA (41 years old) reported to the MADA Center that he received a phone call from Israeli intelligence on Wednesday, asking him to come to the Qishlah interrogation center that same day to receive an order banning him from Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months. Upon arrival, the officer told him “I don’t want you carrying a camera on the streets of Jerusalem”.

 

(20/03) Israeli forces targeted a number of journalists with live ammunition at the western entrance of the Jenin Refugee Camp while they were covering the demolition of homes in the camp on Thursday morning.

According to a statement from AMEEN ZAYED SHIHADEH (37 years old), a reporter for Al-Arabi TV, he and several other journalists were in the western area of the camp, near the Western Cemetery, around 11:30 AM on Thursday. The team included cameraman RABI’ AL-MUNIR, WAFA Agency reporter FATIMA IBRAHIM, Anadolu Agency cameraman QAIS ABU SAMRA, and freelance journalist MOHAMMAD ATIQ, covering the demolition of more than 100 homes as ordered by Israeli authorities.

The journalists were unable to enter the area because Israeli forces had closed off all entrances with earth mounds, declaring it a closed military zone. When their cars approached the area, an Israeli military jeep behind the mound opened fire directly at the journalists.

The Al-Arabi TV reporter, AMEEN SHIHADEH, immediately drove his car backward, followed by journalist MOHAMMAD ATIQ, using surrounding buildings as shields to protect themselves and their colleagues from the live ammunition. The journalists managed to retreat from the area, though the direct fire from the soldiers was aimed at them. However, the earth mound created a shield, preventing them from being hit.

 

(20/03) An Israeli artillery shell hit the home of journalist ADLY MOHAMMAD ABU TAHA in the Al-Janina neighborhood, east of Rafah, on Thursday evening, while he and his family were inside, causing a fire that destroyed the house. Fortunately, the family narrowly escaped death.

In a statement to the Al-Kofiya Channel, ADLY MOHAMMAD ABU TAHA (33 years old) described how, at approximately 6:20 PM on Thursday, he and his family were inside their home in the Al-Janina neighborhood when Israeli artillery stationed east of Rafah fired over four shells in the area. One of them directly hit their home, scattering shrapnel and causing a fire in parts of the house. The family was trapped for more than half an hour, fearing further shelling and gunfire from a Quadcopter drone.

ADLY ABU TAHA sent an urgent distress call to fellow journalists via WhatsApp, which hastened the arrival of civil defense vehicles despite the dangerous situation. The family miraculously survived the attack without any fatalities, though the house was destroyed.

 

(21/03) Israeli soldiers prevented several journalists from covering the arrival of worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Qalandiya checkpoint on Friday morning, obstructing their work and detaining one journalist after seizing his phone and ID for several minutes.

According to freelance journalist HADI SABARNEH, he arrived at the Qalandiya checkpoint, located south of Ramallah, around 10:00 AM on Friday, accompanied by journalists RAMI SAMARA, cameraman MAHMOUD KHALLAF, and journalist AMMAR SAID, to cover the arrival of worshippers to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

SABARNEH was photographing the harassment of citizens by Israeli soldiers with his personal phone when a soldier approached him, forced him to stop filming, and confiscated his phone and ID card. The soldier asked him why he was at the checkpoint, and SABARNEH explained that he was doing his journalistic work.

The soldier then took SABARNEH to a location with a military vehicle and detained him there for about five minutes. Despite SABARNEH trying to explain that he was a journalist, the soldier ignored him. Eventually, the soldier returned his phone and ID and told him to leave the area, also instructing the other journalists to stay 200 meters away from the checkpoint.

 

(22/03) Israeli authorities arrested journalist SEIF AL-QAWASMI after he left Al-Aqsa Mosque following the Taraweeh prayer on Saturday evening, interrogated him at the Qishlah interrogation center, and handed him an order banning him from the mosque for four months.

According to SEIF AL-QAWASMI (21 years old), a reporter for Al-Asima Network, he was arrested by Israeli police elements around 8:30 PM on Saturday after finishing the Taraweeh prayer and leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Al-Silsilah Gate. He was taken to the Qishlah interrogation center.

There, he was interrogated by an officer about his journalistic work and media coverage within the mosque. The officer accused him of “inciting people to clash with soldiers in Al-Aqsa Mosque”.

After about an hour, AL-QAWASMI was handed a ban order from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week. He was asked to return on the first day of Eid, but he refused and suggested that he would return on Friday instead.

On Friday at around 2:00 PM, AL-QAWASMI went back to the Qishlah interrogation center and received an extension of his ban order for four months.

 

 

(22/03) Israeli soldiers detained a Palestine TV crew for three hours on Saturday afternoon, between the villages of Majdal Bani Fadel and Aqraba south of Nablus, near a new settlement outpost.

According to FADI MITHQAL JABR (42), a cameraman for Palestine TV, he and his colleagues—reporter BADR ABU NAJM and driver ATAA ABU RISH—arrived around 11:00 AM to cover the new settlement outpost near Majdal Bani Fadel. They stopped near the outpost and began taking photographs.

When the head of Aqraba Village Council and the head of Majdal Village Council arrived, the settlement guard began flying a drone to monitor the crew. The drone hovered above them, prompting the crew to move a little farther to avoid potential conflict with settlers. Shortly afterward, Israeli soldiers arrived and prohibited the crew from covering the area, seized their phones, and attempted to confiscate their equipment.

The soldiers demanded the crew place their phones inside their vehicles to avoid any communication and confiscated their press IDs. They were held for three hours on suspicion of being armed. Eventually, the soldiers released them after realizing they were journalists and told them “No filming here, leave now”.

The crew was allowed to leave at around 2:00 PM after being detained for three hours.

 

(23/03) Israeli forces targeted Al-Quds newspaper cameraman ALAA ABU JAZAR with live ammunition and drone missiles, as well as tank fire, while he was covering events in Tel Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, early on Sunday morning, which resulted in him being trapped for about four hours.

According to ALAA HASSAN ABU JAZAR (32), a cameraman for Al-Quds newspaper, Israeli drones and tanks heavily fired on the residential area of Tel Sultan as part of a surprise ground operation. Around 5:00 AM, he and a group of citizens attempted to leave his house, but when they reached the barracks area west of Rafah, they were shocked to find Israeli soldiers and military vehicles present in what was considered a “safe” zone.

They came under direct fire from the soldiers, forcing them to take shelter in a building used by UNRWA. Despite sheltering, tank shells and gunfire continued, trapping the journalist and citizens for four hours. They remained trapped until around 9:00 AM, when the firing subsided, and he was able to escape the area. He and hundreds of citizens managed to walk to Khan Younis while narrowly escaping death.

 

(23/03) Two journalists narrowly escaped injury after Israeli warplanes unexpectedly bombed the surgery building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Sunday evening.

According to RAMI ABU TAIMA, a reporter for Al-Jazeera, he and his colleague AHMAD AL-AGHA, a reporter for BBC, were in the journalists’ tent near Nasser Hospital around 9:00 PM preparing to cover the events live. During this time, an Israeli warplane struck the surgery building at the hospital, causing a massive explosion in the reception and surgery areas.

Shrapnel rained down just above and around the two journalists, who were less than 50 meters from the targeted building. The journalists’ tent caught fire, but despite the danger to their lives, both were able to continue their coverage.

 

(24/03) Martyrdom of Al Jazeera Live reporter HUSSAM BASEL SHABAT (23 years old) on Monday, March 24^th, after being targeted by a missile fired from an Israeli warplane in northern Gaza.

In his statement, journalist MAHMOUD ABU SALAMA, one of the witnesses to the crime, said that HUSSAM was with several other journalists, all wearing full press attire, while covering the large-scale displacement of citizens from Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. HUSSAM had conducted interviews with displaced citizens.

After completing the coverage, he drove towards the city of Jabalia. Upon reaching the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital, his vehicle was targeted by a missile fired by an Israeli drone. The missile struck directly and unexpectedly, resulting in his immediate martyrdom. His body was ejected from the vehicle, which was destroyed by the force of the explosion, leaving him injured throughout his body.

The journalist’s body was transferred to the nearby Indonesian Hospital, where his martyrdom was officially declared. Journalists present at the scene documented the moment of the attack with both audio and video footage.

 

(24/03) The vehicle of JIBRIL ABU KAMIL, the manager of “Al-Waha Media Production”, was severely damaged on Monday, March 24^th, when it was struck by shrapnel from a missile fired by an Israeli reconnaissance drone during an airstrike in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in central Gaza City.

In his statement, cameraman AHMAD ABU KAMIL, who works for “Al-Waha Media Production”, explained that the vehicle, which he and his brother JIBRIL (41 years old) use in their journalistic work, was severely damaged around 8:00 AM. It was hit by shrapnel from a missile launched by an Israeli reconnaissance drone at a vehicle parked near their home in the Al-Daraj neighborhood. At the time of the attack, both AHMAD and JIBRIL were preparing to use the car to travel and produce media reports and documentation for several Spanish news channels. Fortunately, both of them survived the targeting, as they were inside the house when the shrapnel struck it.

The airstrike caused shrapnel to scatter, damaging the journalist’s car and rendering it inoperable, despite the fact that it bore registration plates clearly indicating it belonged to a media organization, with visible press markings on the sides.

 

(24/03) Israeli soldiers arrested Palestinian director HAMDAN BALLAL after his house was violently attacked by dozens of Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli army, in Susiya, located in the Masafer Yatta area of southern occupied West Bank. The soldiers arrested him and dragged him on the ground while he was bleeding on Monday evening.

According to the director’s father, NIMER MOHAMMED HAMDAN BALLAL (33 years old), around 6:00 PM on Monday, at Iftar time, dozens of masked, armed settlers carrying sharp tools attacked a neighboring house in Susiya. Hamdan, one of the directors of the documentary film No Other Land, left his home with a camera to document what was happening, as he anticipated the attack would soon spread to his own house. He instructed his wife to lock the door tightly and not to open it for anyone, while he went outside to document the events.

The settlers initially tried to break into HAMDAN’s house but failed. They then proceeded to beat him with sharp tools, causing him to lose consciousness for almost ten minutes. His wife heard his voice from behind the door when he regained consciousness, asking in a weak and painful voice for an ambulance, saying, “I need an ambulance, I’m dying”. However, the soldiers arrived before the ambulance, arrested him while he was still bleeding, and carried him away.

HAMDAN BALLAL was subjected to brutal arrest, and his father does not know if he is still alive or not, nor to where he has been taken.

The director’s father believes the arrest and assault are in retaliation for his son’s involvement in the No Other Land documentary, viewing this attack as punishment for amplifying the voices of oppressed Palestinians to the world.

 

(25/03) MOHAMMED IMAD MANSOUR, a reporter for Palestine Today, was martyred in an airstrike that targeted him in the city of Khan Younis on Tuesday afternoon, March 25^th.

In his statement, NOOR MANSOUR, the brother of the journalist, mentioned that his brother MOHAMMED had returned home exhausted after a period of coverage at around 12:55 PM on Tuesday. However, Israeli aircraft were following him and targeted the house he lived in, located in the “Battan Al-Samin” area of central Khan Younis, with two missiles. Less than two minutes later, two more missiles were launched to ensure his death. When the journalist’s family arrived at the house, they found him lying on the ground, injured by shrapnel from the missiles all over his body, with his wife beside him, who had sustained severe injuries during the bombing.

The journalist and his wife were transferred by ambulance to the European Hospital, where his martyrdom was officially declared.

 

 

(26/03) Israeli occupation forces assaulted journalist LAMA ABU HELO by pushing her while she was covering the influx of worshippers at the Qalandiya checkpoint leading to Jerusalem to mark the Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power). They also obstructed her work by confiscating her equipment and forced her to leave the area.

In her statement to the MADA Center, freelance journalist LAMA ABU HELO (25 years old) explained that she was at the Qalandiya checkpoint on Wednesday evening to cover the arrival of citizens at Al-Aqsa Mosque for the Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power), broadcasting the events live. While she was setting her phone on a stand to stabilize the live shot, Israeli soldiers approached, confiscated her phone along with all her journalistic equipment, and started laughing. They placed the phone in a location inside the checkpoint, still recording live.

After a few minutes, the soldiers called her over and began questioning her and shouting at her for filming at the site. They told her that approaching the checkpoint and filming was prohibited, and physically pushed her to move her away from the location. They demanded she retrieve her equipment and leave.

The journalist had faced a similar situation on Friday, March 21^st, at the same Qalandiya checkpoint. While filming the arrival of worshippers for Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa, Israeli soldiers shouted at her, confiscated her phone, and deleted the videos and other recorded materials from the device.

 

(26/03) Israeli occupation forces assaulted freelance journalist WAHAJ BANI MEFLEH by beating him at the entrance to the town of Beita, south of Nablus, on Wednesday afternoon while he was documenting the abuse of a young man at the scene. The soldiers also deleted the footage from his phone and detained him for about five hours, during which he was handcuffed, before releasing him.

Freelance journalist WAHAJ JAMAL MEFLEH (25 years old) told the MADA Center that at around 2:00 PM on Wednesday, while returning to his home in Beita, he was shocked by the sight of two young men being arrested and abused. He began documenting the incident, although he was not wearing his press uniform at the time, as he was not on assignment. The Israeli soldiers called him over, bound his hands, confiscated his phone, and took him to a military vehicle, despite him showing his press card and informing them that he was a journalist. The soldiers paid no attention to him.

The soldiers opened his phone and deleted all the video clips he had documented of the incident. During this time, he was physically and verbally assaulted both inside and outside the military vehicle. He later explained that he continued to suffer pain in his hands and other areas of his body from the beating with the rifle bottoms.

The journalist was transferred to an unknown location, forced to sit on the ground, and subjected to further beating. The assault continued until 7:00 PM, when he was released in the town of Hawara, still handcuffed. There, some people provided him with help and Iftar before he returned to his home.

 

(28/03) On the final Friday of Ramadan, Israeli authorities interrogated journalist FIRAS AL-DIBS at the Qishleh” interrogation center on charges of “obstructing police work” and issued him an order barring him from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week. Additionally, the authorities confiscated the identity cards of several other journalists present with him and threatened them with similar restrictions.

Journalist FIRAS YOUSEF AL-DIBS (40 years old) informed MADA Center that at around 1:00 PM on the final Friday of Ramadan, he was on the roof of the Qibli Prayer Hall covering the Friday prayer, alongside a group of journalists, in his capacity as an employee of the Islamic Waqf Department at the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Media and Public Relations Division.

AL-DIBS was taken by surprise when the Israeli police threatened to raid the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards and arrest the journalists. All individuals were instructed to descend from the roof, but as they were descending the stairs, Israeli soldiers were waiting for them.

During the incident, journalist AL-DIBS was shoved and subjected to offensive language. He was informed that he would be taken for interrogation unless he complied, and that he would be arrested from his home in a brutal manner. The authorities also confiscated the identity cards of all the journalists, guards, and Waqf employees present at the location, informing them that they would be issued deportation orders from the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

AL-DIBS was taken to the “Qishlah” interrogation center, where he underwent a brief session of questioning on charges of “obstructing police work” before being handed the deportation order from Al-Aqsa. He was told to return in a week to confirm whether the explusion period had ended or been extended. He left the center at around 3:00 PM.

According to an account from BBC journalist MOATH YOUSEF AL-KHATIB (40 years old), several other journalists who were present at the scene managed to leave before the police arrived and had their identity cards returned without them being confiscated. These included Reuters cameraman AMMAR AWAD, freelance cameraman MOHAMMED ASHU, and AP cameraman MAHMOUD ALIYAN.

As for MOATH AL-KHATIB, cameramen from the Turkish Anadolu Agency MUSTAFA AL-KHAROUF and AMIR ABDUL-RAHMAN, freelance journalist JAMAL AWAD, Reuters cameraman SINAN ABU MEZER, and freelance cameraman AHMED JALAJEL, as well as Anadolu Agency’s Turkish bureau chief ANAS JANLI, all faced threats from one of the Israeli intelligence officers accompanying the police while their identity cards were being confiscated. However, their identity cards were later returned without conditions or any summons for interrogation or deportation from Al-Aqsa.

 

( /03) A page affiliated with Israeli settlers, called “Abu Ali Al-Ebri Blog” incited against two journalists in Gaza through new posts on its digital platform during the last week of March.

Freelance journalist HASSAN ESLAIH informed MADA Center that a page linked to the Israeli occupation and settlers on Facebook, titled “Abu Ali Al-Ebri Blog”, published an inciting post against him in the form of a threat, accompanied by photos from his coverage. The post asked, “Why hasn’t the Israeli army eliminated him yet?”

This threat aligned with the Israeli army’s and Hebrew media’s desire, which has been inciting since the first day of the war to kill him, for one reason only: his professional coverage of the events of October 7^th.

Additionally, Hebrew media and blogs have also incited against Al-Jazeera reporter ANAS AL-SHARIF, who shared with MADA Center that “this incitement is veiled with death threats and attempts to harm him” similar to the many threats he has received since the beginning of the war on Gaza.

 

(31/03) Israeli warplanes targeted the family home of journalist and editor at Al-Aqsa TV, MOATH EMAD MEQDAD, at 1:00 AM on Monday.

According to MOATH EMAD MEQDAD (37 years old), a journalist and editor at Al-Aqsa TV, Israeli F16 fighter jets carried out a heavy airstrike on his family’s home in the “Khan Younis” refugee camp in southern Gaza around 1:00 AM on Monday, without any prior warning. The house was partially destroyed, and his father, four of his nephew’s children, and several other family members were martyred. He survived miraculously because he was outside the house at the time of the bombing.

 

(31/03) MAJED HAMADA, an employee at Al-Aqsa TV, sustained injuries across various parts of his body after Israeli aircraft targeted his home in the “Al-Tuffah” area of Gaza City early Monday morning.

According to eyewitness testimony from SABER ABU AL-KAS, an eyewitness to the attack, an Israeli F16 fighter jet targeted the home of MAJED HAMADA, who works in the administrative affairs department of Al-Aqsa TV, in the “Al-Tuffah” area of Gaza City without any prior warning. The attack resulted in MAJED HAMADA being injured in several parts of his body, while his wife, son, parents, sisters, and several of his siblings were martyred. His other children sustained various injuries.

Rescue teams struggled to retrieve MAJED HAMADA from under the rubble, where traces of blood were visible on him. He was transferred by ambulance to the “Baptist Hospital” in Gaza City, where medical sources described his condition as serious but stable.

 

(31/03) Israeli occupation forces detained freelance journalist WAHAJ BANI MEFLEH near Mount Sabih in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, while he was covering attacks by settlers on the town on Monday afternoon. He was taken to the “Ariel” police station for interrogation and remained in detention until 9:00 PM.

 

Freelance journalist WAHAJ JAMAL BANI MEFLEH (25 years old) told the field researcher from MADA Center that at around 4:00 PM on Monday, he headed to Mount Sabih in Beita to cover the settler attacks on the town, during which young people had set tires on fire in the area. While covering the events, he was surprised by the arrival of an Israeli military jeep, forcing him to flee.

During his attempt to escape, he encountered a military jeep blocking the road, and the soldiers stopped him, forced him out of his vehicle, and detained him for about an hour.

During this hour, the soldiers searched his phones and cameras. At 5:00 PM, they handcuffed him, blindfolded him, and took him to the Ariel"” police station, where he underwent further interrogation, and his phone was searched again. The soldiers intentionally accessed his banking app to inquire about the source of the funds he was receiving.

At 9:00 PM, the soldiers removed his restraints near the “Za'tara” checkpoint, a highly dangerous area due to the heavy presence of settlers. This forced them to walk from the “Yatma” junction to the “Za'tara” checkpoint, where the soldiers allowed him to contact his family to inform them of his release. He was then transported by car to the town of Beita.