MADA: (72) Violations Against Media Freedoms in Palestine During the Month of September

Ramallah – 06/10/2025 The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms "MADA" documented a total of seventy-two (72) violations against media freedoms in Palestine during the past month of September. This marks a decrease of seven violations compared to the seventy-nine (79) violations recorded in August, representing a 9% drop.

According to field researchers at MADA Center, Israeli occupation forces were responsible for the vast majority of these violations, accounting for sixty-nine (69) out of the total seventy-two (72) documented incidents. Meanwhile, Palestinian entities in the West Bank committed a single violation, and the Facebook application temporarily suspended a journalist’s account. Additionally, the British newspaper The Telegraph was responsible for incitement against a journalist in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Violations:

The number of Israeli crimes and violations against journalists and media freedoms during the past month of September decreased by nine percent (9%) compared to those documented in August. MADA Center recorded a total of sixty-nine (69) violations committed by Israeli occupation forces and authorities, distributed as forty-two (42) in the West Bank and twenty-seven (27) in the Gaza Strip. Israeli violations accounted for ninety-six percent (96%) of all documented assaults.

Despite this decline, the nature of the violations remains unchanged, as occupation forces continue to directly target journalists with lethal force. MADA documented the killing of eleven (11) journalists during September. Physical assaults remain among the most dangerous violations threatening journalists' lives and Palestinian media freedoms. Photographer ABDULLAH BAHSH and journalist ABDUL RAHMAN AL-DUMEIDI suffered from suffocation after being targeted with tear gas while covering the raid on the town of Kafr Qalil, south of Nablus. Freelance journalist AHMAD AL-HALAYQA sustained severe bruises to his legs after falling from a three-meter-high wall while fleeing a gas bomb, in addition to gas-induced suffocation while covering the settlers’ raid on the town of Al-Shuyoukh, south of Hebron.

Six (6) journalists in Gaza were wounded by shrapnel in various parts of their bodies during Israeli missile strikes on cities and towns across the Strip. The most severe injury was sustained by journalist ALI AL-JOJO, who suffered three (3) fractures in his right hand, wounds, bruises, and bleeding in the head, chest, and pelvis after his third-floor apartment in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood was bombed. His condition was described as critical, with impaired mobility, lack of necessary treatment, and absence of medical staff and resources to manage his worsening health.

Journalist Bilal Al-Nabih was injured by shrapnel in his right foot and back, while journalist ABDEL HAKIM ABU RIYASH sustained shrapnel wounds to his left hand, and journalist MAHMOUD ABU HAMDA was hit in his right thigh while covering the bombing of Al-Roya Tower.

Freelance journalist ANSAM AL-QITA was wounded by shrapnel in both feet and her side while fleeing with her family from northern Gaza City. Journalist AHMAD IBRAHIM was also injured by shrapnel in his right foot and suffered bruises in his left foot.

During September, occupation forces arrested three (3) journalists in the West Bank. Two (2) were released after several hours of detention—journalists NAWAF AL-AMER and YASSER THALJI—during which they were interrogated and threatened. Journalist MOHAMMAD MUNA remains in detention to this day. Additionally, three (3) journalists were detained: journalist ANAS HOUSHIYA while covering a raid near JENIN, and photographers NASSER SHTAYYEH and JAMAL RAYAN while covering a military campaign near TULKAREM refugee camp. Their recorded materials were deleted from their phones.

MADA also documented twenty-three (23) cases of coverage denial, all occurring in the West Bank. Some journalists were prevented from covering events multiple times in separate incidents. Occupation forces targeted five (5) journalists with live bullets and tear gas to obstruct their coverage—three (3) of them in Gaza.

Furthermore, occupation forces raided the home of freelance journalist MARYAM SHAWAHNEH’s family in the northern neighborhood of TULKAREM and subjected her to a field interrogation regarding her journalistic work.

In Gaza, Israeli missiles destroyed the homes of seven (7) journalists during September, leaving them displaced and homeless.

On September seventh (7th), occupation authorities renewed the administrative detention of journalist ALI AL-SAMOUDI for four (4) months despite his poor health condition. Journalist ASID AMARNA was also placed under administrative detention for six (6) months. On September tenth (10th), the occupation court transferred imprisoned journalist MAHER HAROUN to administrative detention for six (6) months—the same date as his scheduled release.

Palestinian Violations:

The number of documented Palestinian violations during the past month of September dropped to a single violation (1), compared to two (2) violations recorded in August. This violation involved the arrest of freelance journalist MUSAB QAFISHA by the Palestinian General Intelligence from his home in the city of Hebron, on charges of “inciting sectarian strife and provoking against the authority.” He was released the following day on personal bail.

Social Media Violations:

The administration of the “Facebook” application, owned by the company "Meta," suspended the account of journalist ODAY JA'AR. However, the journalist was able to recover and reactivate his account after three (3) hours of suspension, having demonstrated compliance with the platform’s publishing standards.

List of Media Martyrs During the Month of September

#	Name of Journalist	Date Killed	Workplace
1-	IMAN AHMED ALZAMLI	1^st Sep. 2025	Freelance journalist
2-	RASMI JEHAD SALEM	2^nd Sep. 2025	Al-Manara Media Company
3-	AYMAN IBRAHIM HANSA	2^nd Sep. 2025	Al-Manara Media Company
4-	OSAMA BA’LOUSHA	7^th Sep. 2025	Siraj Media Network
5-	MOHAMMED ALKWAIFI	15^th Sep. 2025	Shihab News Agency
6-	MOHAMMED ALSAWALHI	17^th Sep. 2025	Al-Quds TV
7-	RAJA’ HASSOUNA	18^th Sep. 2025	Freelance Journalist
8-	ABDULLAH NASSAR	22^nd Sep. 2025	Voice of Al-Aqsa University Radio
9-	SAMI DAWOUD	26^th Sep. 2025	Rawafed Local Channel
10-	MOHAMMED ALDAYA	27^th Sep. 2025	Palestinian Media Center
11-	YAHYA BARZAQ	30^th Sep. 2025	TRT Arabic – Turkey

Details of Violations:

(01/09) Israeli occupation forces targeted the crew of "Al-Yemen" TV with rubber-coated bullets while they were present in the Al-Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of GAZA CITY, covering the ongoing aggression. The attack forced them to withdraw from the area around noon on Monday, September first.

In his testimony to MADA Center, DW Arabic cameraman HANI RIZQ stated that around 12:00 PM on Monday, he was on-site with the "Al-Yemen" TV crew, consisting of reporter ABDUL HADI FARHAT and cameraman MUSTAFA ZAAROUR, conducting field coverage of the Israeli assault on Al-Sheikh Radwan. They were wearing clearly marked press vests.

While interviewing residents, the team was directly targeted by live fire from Israeli forces. They narrowly escaped injury as bullets landed dangerously close. The forces continued firing rubber-coated bullets to prevent them from documenting the suffering of displaced civilians who had fled their homes due to escalating bombardment. The journalists managed to retreat to a safer location and eventually left the area once the gunfire ceased.

(01/09) Journalist and activist IMAN AHMAD AL-ZAMLI, aged forty-three (43), was martyred when her tent was struck by an explosive device launched by an Israeli drone of the "Quadcopter" type near the HAMD Towers, north of Khan Younis, early Monday morning.

According to her sister MARAM AL-ZAMLI’s testimony to MADA Center, IMAN was inside her tent near the HAMD TOWERS when the drone fired an explosive device directly at it. The bomb detonated beside the tent, and IMAN was hit by shrapnel in the head. She was transferred to Nasser Hospital, where she was declared dead moments later.

IMAN had been displaced from Rafah to Khan Younis about one and a half years ago following the Israeli decision to forcibly evacuate the city’s residents. She lived with her family in a tent and continued her media work and activism from within it, despite the harsh conditions of the ongoing war.

(02/09) Israeli warplanes targeted and killed photographer RASMI JIHAD SALEM, aged thirty-one (31), and broadcast engineer AYMEN IBRAHIM HANIYA, aged twenty-six (26), both working for Al-Manara Media Company, at different times on Tuesday.

According to HAMZA SALEM, cousin of RASMI SALEM, the photographer was on assignment around 4:30PM on Tuesday documenting the Israeli assault on residents in the Al-Sheikh Radwan area, northwest of Gaza City. After completing his work and heading home, he was directly hit by a missile fired from an Israeli reconnaissance drone, resulting in his immediate martyrdom. He was transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital.

RASMI was known for his dedication to field journalism, having documented numerous events and Israeli crimes against civilians. He remained active in the field until the moment of his death.

GAZI HANIYA, brother of broadcast engineer AYMEN HANIYA, told MADA Center that AYMEN was at work at Al-Manara Media Company’s headquarters in Gaza City on Tuesday. Around 8:45PM, after finishing his shift and heading home, he was targeted near the Jordanian Hospital by an Israeli drone missile, which struck him directly and unexpectedly, killing him instantly.

He was transported by ambulance to Al-Shifa Hospital, where parts of his body had been torn apart due to the intensity of the explosion.

AYMEN had been committed to his work since the first day of the war. As a broadcast engineer, he oversaw the transmission of news channels covering events and reports in the Gaza Strip. He managed sound and visuals, captured satellite signals, and directed channels to broadcast from conflict zones. By targeting him, the occupation aimed to silence the true image of the crimes committed against Gaza’s residents over two years of war.

( /09) Israeli warplanes destroyed the homes of journalists RAMZI AL-BURNO and AKRAM DALOUL during the military campaign at the beginning of September, which targeted civilian homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood with shelling and demolition.

According to the testimony of RAMZI AL-BURNO, correspondent and anchor at AL-AQSA TV, aged thirty-seven (37), to MADA Center, he went to his home in Al-Zaytoun, south of Gaza City, on Thursday, September fourth (04/09), after Israeli military vehicles withdrew from the area to check on his property. He was shocked to find that his apartment and his family’s four-story (4) building had been completely leveled and reduced to rubble.

RAMZI had evacuated his home in late August 2025 after Israeli forces issued forced evacuation orders for Al-Zaytoun. The occupation then launched a wide-scale military operation, bombing and destroying large parts of the neighborhood and bulldozing thousands of dunams of farmland and infrastructure.

He and his family are now homeless, having lost all possessions and personal belongings inside the house. Despite these dire circumstances and the ongoing war, he continues his journalistic work without any shelter.

In his testimony to MADA Center, journalist AKRAM MOHAMMAD DALOUL, reporter for Al-Mayadeen TV, aged forty-one (41), stated that after the military operation in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood ended and Israeli forces withdrew in the first week of September, he went to prepare a report on the destruction of residential homes. Upon visiting his own home, he was devastated to find it had been reduced to rubble due to Israeli airstrikes followed by bulldozing, resulting in its complete destruction during the campaign that leveled most homes in Al-Zaytoun.

AKRAM lost all household contents, furniture, and personal belongings. He and his family are now without shelter, yet he continues his journalistic work despite the hardship of losing his home and having no alternative housing.

( /09) Israeli forces destroyed the home of journalist BILIMIN KHALLA in the town of Jabalia, leveling it to the ground. He had evacuated the house in August, and the destruction occurred in early September.

In his testimony to MADA Center, BILIMIN KHALLA, editor at AL-AQSA TV, aged forty-five (45), said that Israeli forces demolished his home in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, just days after his displacement. The military operation razed all homes in the town.

A neighbor informed him that his house had become rubble and ash, as Israeli forces used explosive vehicles to destroy it along with dozens of residential blocks. Bulldozers then flattened the area. The town has become extremely dangerous due to the presence of Israeli military vehicles and soldiers.

BILIMIN had evacuated in August 2025, losing all household contents weeks before the demolition, following evacuation orders imposed by Israeli forces on residents of GAZA CITY and the northern Strip. He currently lives in a tent on farmland in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

(02/09) Israeli occupation forces targeted two journalists with a gas grenade, causing them to suffocate while covering a raid on the village of Kafr Qalil, south of Nablus, which lasted thirteen (13) hours before the forces withdrew on Tuesday afternoon.

Freelance journalist ABDULLAH TAISIR BAHSH, aged twenty-eight (28), told MADA Center that around 12:27PM on Tuesday, he was with journalist ABDUL RAHMAN DUMEIDI from AL-MADINA TV near a house in Kafr Qalil, covering the raid that involved storming and searching dozens of homes, vandalizing their contents, arresting several residents, and injuring others.

As the forces withdrew, a soldier opened the door of a military vehicle and threw a gas grenade directly at the journalists, causing both to suffer from gas inhalation and requiring field treatment.

(02/09) Israeli forces and military vehicles targeted the AL-JAZEERA TV crew in Al-Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, with live bullets on Tuesday afternoon to prevent them from covering the suffering of displaced residents.

According to the testimony of AL-JAZEERA reporter SHADI SHAMIA to MADA Center, he and his colleagues—cameraman MAHMOUD ALIWA and assistants MUSAB AL-SHARIF and MAHMOUD SHALHA—headed to Al-Sheikh Radwan on Tuesday morning wearing full press gear to prepare a report on the field situation and the plight of displaced civilians following an Israeli military operation in Gaza City.

Around 11:00 AM, while preparing the report, the crew was directly and unexpectedly targeted with live fire by Israeli military vehicles. Fortunately, none of them were injured.

The team quickly withdrew due to the danger and the direct targeting of press crews in front of the cameras.

(03/09) Israeli occupation soldiers prevented a group of journalists from covering the settlers’ raid on a house in the Old City of Hebron and forced them to leave the area at gunpoint on Wednesday afternoon.

According to the testimony of MUSAB ABDUL SAMAD SHAWAR, reporter for Al-Hadath newspaper, aged thirty (30), to MADA Center, he arrived around 2:00PM on Wednesday with the crew of AL-GHAD TV, which included reporter RAED “MOHAMMAD SAMEER” AL-SHAREEF, aged thirty (30), channel cameraman JAMIL AZZAM SALHAB, aged thirty-three (33), and Anadolu Agency cameraman WISSAM ABDUL HAFIZ AL-HASHLAMOUN. They were covering the settlers’ takeover of a house in the Old City of Hebron, turning it into a new settlement outpost.

As the journalists approached the location, Israeli soldiers stationed there intercepted them and ordered them to leave at gunpoint, forcing them to abandon the coverage and exit the area.

(03/09) Freelance photojournalist BILAL AL-NABIH was injured by shrapnel in his foot and back as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City, on Wednesday afternoon while preparing visual stories about displaced civilians.

In his testimony to MADA Center, photojournalist BILAL HASSAN AL-NABIH, aged twenty-six (26), stated that he was in Al-Sabra on Wednesday afternoon to produce visual reports as part of a film series documenting the suffering of displaced people and the destruction of their homes. He was wearing a press vest clearly marked with the word “PRESS.”

Around 12:30PM, Israeli warplanes bombed a house approximately twenty (20) meters from his location. The explosion scattered shrapnel that struck him in the right foot and back due to the intensity of the blast.

He was transported by ambulance to Al-Hilal Hospital in the Saraya area of central Gaza City and received treatment in the emergency department.

(06/09) Journalist AHMAD AL-HALAYQA suffered gas inhalation and bruises to both feet after falling from a three-meter (3) high wall following the explosion of a gas grenade near him while covering a raid by settlers and Israeli soldiers in the town of Al-Shuyoukh after midnight on Saturday.

According to his testimony to MADA Center, freelance journalist AHMAD AL-HALAYQA received a call around 12:00AM from his sister, who lives in Al-Shuyoukh, north of Hebron, asking him to cover a raid by settlers around her home. A drone was flying overhead, firing at citizens in the area.

AHMAD rushed to the scene and saw a group of approximately thirty (30) young settlers standing about one hundred (100) meters from residential homes, holding flashlights. A large number of town residents had gathered to prevent them from advancing.

He climbed onto the roof of a house to observe the situation. The settlers were firing randomly using rifles and pistols, injuring one citizen who was evacuated. Minutes later, a force of about twelve (12) Israeli military vehicles arrived, deploying soldiers throughout the area. Dozens of residents continued to arrive to support their neighbors and protect their homes.

Soldiers began firing randomly into the air and launched gas and stun grenades toward the crowd. One grenade exploded near AHMAD, causing him to fall from a three-meter (3) stone wall into a nearby agricultural field. He sustained severe bruises to his feet and suffered gas inhalation in the area where he fell.

He received first aid in a nearby home and continued treatment at his residence due to the bruises and strong contusions in his feet.

(06/09) The British newspaper The Telegraph incited against journalist SAMER AL-ZAANIN, a contributor to BBC Arabic, accusing him of anti-Semitism after his appearance in a news report on famine in the Gaza Strip aired on Saturday.

According to his testimony to MADA Center, journalist SAMER SAADALLAH AL-ZAANIN, aged forty-three (43), stated that The Telegraph had been monitoring a report he produced for BBC Arabic in July about the spread of famine in Gaza and its resulting casualties. He appeared on the newspaper’s website explaining the dire humanitarian conditions in the Strip, which prompted The Telegraph to object to the presence of a Gaza-based journalist accused of anti-Semitism working with BBC.

SAMER noted this was the second time the British newspaper had incited against him, placing his life at risk amid ongoing Israeli targeting of journalists in Gaza through indiscriminate bombings and killings. He emphasized that his reporting reflects the reality on the ground and falls squarely within his professional duties.

It’s worth noting that The Telegraph is a privately owned British newspaper known for its pro-Israel stance. It opposes the appearance of journalists who highlight Israeli aggression against civilians and the impact of war on Gaza. The paper has launched smear campaigns against journalists working for BBC, accusing the British government-owned channel and its website of bias toward Palestinians and their cause.

(06/09) Israeli soldiers prevented two journalists from covering a settlers’ march in the market of the Old City of Hebron on Saturday morning and threatened to confiscate their equipment if they did not leave.

In his testimony to MADA Center, Al-Hadath correspondent MUSAB ABDUL SAMAD SHAWAR, aged thirty (30), said he was present around 9:00AM with Reuters cameraman MA'MOUN WAZWAZ, aged fifty (50), in the Old City market of Hebron to cover a settlers’ march.

While in the “Souq Al-Laban” area, Israeli soldiers intercepted the journalists and prohibited them from filming. The journalists tried to explain that they were positioned away from the crowd and that there was no reason to prevent coverage, but one soldier insisted their presence was forbidden and threatened to confiscate their cameras and detain them. The journalists were forced to leave the area immediately.

(07/09) On Sunday evening, the management of the Facebook application, owned by Meta, suspended journalist ODAY JA’AR’s account. However, he was able to reactivate it after three hours by proving compliance with the platform’s publishing standards.

ODAY MAHMOUD JA’AR (30 years old), Production Manager at Quds News Network, told Mada Center that at 7:00 PM on Sunday, when he tried to access his Facebook account, he received a notification saying the account was disabled.

He submitted an appeal through the platform’s available options and later received a message stating the account would remain unavailable to others until the appeal was reviewed, which could take one hour. The message said if compliance was proven, the account would be reactivated; otherwise, it would be permanently disabled with no further appeal possible.
JA’AR added that his account was not visible to followers when searched, despite having around 15,000 followers and a monthly reach exceeding one million users. He considered the suspension a temporary loss of an important interactive media space.

At 9:11 PM the same day, the account was reactivated, and he regained access.

(07/09) Journalists MAHMOUD ABU HAMDA and ABDEL HAKIM ABU RIYASH were injured by shrapnel during Israeli airstrikes on the Al-Ruya residential tower in Gaza City on Sunday evening.
ABDEL HAKIM ABU RIYASH told Mada Center that at about 6:20PM on Sunday, he, cameraman MAHMOUD ABU HAMDA (Palestine TV), and several journalists were in central Gaza City covering the airstrike on the AL-RUYA tower, a residential building. They had been informed by the tower manager, who received a call from Israeli intelligence instructing immediate evacuation.
The Israeli warplanes bombed the tower, which collapsed, scattering shrapnel. ABDEL HAKIM ABU RIYASH was wounded in the left hand, and MAHMOUD ABU HAMDA was injured in the left thigh. They continued to bleed until transported to the hospital for treatment.

(07/09) Photojournalist OSAMA AHMED BA’LOUSHA (30 years old) of SIRAJ Media Network and several family members were killed Sunday evening when Israeli airstrikes targeted their home west of Gaza City.

OSAMA’s friend told MADA Center that OSAMA was home with his family around 1:20 PM when an F16 warplane bombed their house without warning, causing it to collapse.

OSAMA, his father, mother, and three sisters were killed instantly. Their bodies remain under rubble as rescue teams lack heavy equipment to remove debris.

(07/09) Israeli occupation forces raided the home of imprisoned journalist HAMZA AL-SAFI’s family in the northern neighborhood of Tulkarm on Sunday evening and interrogated his wife, freelance journalist MARYAM SHAWAHNEH, for about half an hour about her media work, threatening her with arrest if she did not stop.

MARYAM AHMED SHAWAHNEH (29 years old) told MADA Center that Israeli forces stormed her husband’s family home around 9:30 PM while she was there with her two children. She was isolated in a room and interrogated for half an hour about her journalistic work. The officer threatened arrest if she continued. She was questioned intensely amid psychological pressure.
The forces left at 10:45PM without arresting anyone or searching the home.
HAMZA SALAMA (AL-SAFI) has been detained for months in Israeli prisons as part of an escalating policy targeting journalists in the West Bank.

(10/09) The Palestinian General Intelligence Service arrested journalist MUSAB QAFISHEH from his family home in Hebron on Wednesday evening. He was charged by the Public Prosecution with “inciting sectarian strife and incitement against the authority”. He was released the following day on personal bail.

According to a statement given by journalist MUSAB KHAMEES QAFISHEH to a MADA Center researcher, about 20 officers from the Palestinian General Intelligence arrived at his family home in the western neighborhood of Hebron at 10:00PM on Wednesday. The force raided the house for about two minutes, then demanded that QAFISHEH hand over his mobile phone and accompany them, claiming there was an arrest warrant issued by the agency. He was taken to one of the vehicles and transported to the Service’s headquarters in the city, where he handed over his belongings. He was then transferred to the military medical services center, where a doctor informed the officers that QAFISHEH needed insulin medication. However, they returned him to the agency headquarters without bringing any of his medication. The journalist declared that he would refuse food and medication in protest of his arrest.

He was taken down to the interrogation section on the ground floor and placed in a solitary confinement cell, which was a small, closed room with no windows except for a small opening in the iron door, measuring no more than 2x1 meters. The cell had no mattress, blanket, or water bottle.
Shortly after, the journalist asked to use the bathroom due to his diabetes, but the guard refused and brought him an empty water bottle, telling him to relieve himself in it. He remained in the cell until 8:00AM the following morning.

On the morning of Thursday, September 11^th, 2025, QAFISHEH was brought before the Service’s legal advisor, who questioned him about his journalistic work and charged him with “inciting sectarian strife and incitement against the Palestinian Authority”. He was later transferred to the Hebron Magistrate’s Court, where he was first taken to the Public Prosecution’s office, which confirmed the same charges. He was then placed in a holding room before being moved to the courtroom.
There, the prosecution requested to extend his detention for 24 hours to complete the investigation. However, after a defense plea from his lawyer, the judge issued a decision to release him on personal bail.

The release was not implemented immediately. The officers returned the journalist to the agency headquarters in Hebron and kept him in custody until 11:00 PM, under the pretext that the release required approval from the Service’s Command in Ramallah. Only then was the journalist released.

(11/09) Journalist HUSSEIN KARSOUA was injured by shrapnel in his right elbow due to an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential home in central Gaza Strip on Thursday evening, while covering the bombing of civilian homes.

According to HUSSEIN ABDEL JAWAD KARSOUA (49 years old), a cameraman and reporter for the Swedish ND newspaper, who spoke to MADA Center, he was present at around 10:00PM on Thursday in central Gaza to cover the airstrike on the ABU SHAABAN family's home, while wearing press attire.

During coverage, an Israeli F16 warplane bombed another nearby house. The area was filled with dust, and shrapnel scattered, injuring the journalist in the right elbow. He was transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for medical treatment.

(12/09) Israeli occupation forces detained journalists NASSER SHTAYYEH and JAMAL RAYYAN for about 30 minutes on Friday afternoon, 12^th September 2025, during their coverage of a military operation in the city of Tulkarm, which had been ongoing since Thursday evening following the explosion of an improvised explosive device near an Israeli military vehicle at the "Netzanei Oz" checkpoint west of the city.

NASSER SULEIMAN SHTAYYEH (57 years old), a photojournalist for the US SIPSA News Agency, told MADA Center that he was present at 12:45PM on Friday, along with freelance journalist JAMAL RAYYAN, in a mountainous area near Tulkarm Refugee Camp, on Nablus Street, covering the Israeli raid and the subsequent arrests of civilians after a military jeep was hit by an IED, which resulted in the death of one soldier and injuries to others.

While covering the events, three Israeli soldiers, including one of Russian origin, approached the journalists and ordered them to stop filming, claiming that the footage could be used by “terrorists”. They also forced them to delete the footage: NASSER had to delete around 22 photos from his camera, while Jamal was forced to completely erase the memory card of his camera.

The journalists were detained for about 30 minutes, during which they were subjected to on-the-spot questioning about their work and prevented from reporting, but no physical assault occurred. They were later allowed to leave.

(13/09) Freelance journalist ANSAM MAHER AL-QATAR was injured in both legs by shrapnel after she and her family were targeted by a bomb dropped by an Israeli aircraft while they were fleeing from northern Gaza on Saturday afternoon. According to Anssam Maher Al‑Qatar (36) in a statement to MADA Center, around 1:00 PM on Saturday she and her family were walking on the road under forced displacement orders by occupation forces from northern Gaza. While walking in the Al‑Nafaq Street in Gaza, a “quadcopter” drone approached them and dropped an explosive bomb, whose fragments scattered upon them. The journalist and her family tried to take cover in a nearby garage used for car repair, fearing further strikes. She discovered she was bleeding and injured in both her right and left legs and in the pelvic area. She bled for more than half an hour due to difficulty of ambulance access in the area, then was transported by a civilian car to a field hospital in the Al‑Saraya area, and later transferred to Al‑Shifa Hospital, where she received treatment in the emergency and surgery departments.

(13/09) Israeli soldiers prevented a group of journalists from covering the weekly settlers’ march in the Old City of Hebron on Saturday morning, threatening to arrest them or destroy their cameras if they did not leave. Reporter MUSAB ABDUL SAMAD SHAWAR (30) told MADA Center that around 10:00AM on Saturday, he went along with Reuters cameraman MAMOUN ISMAIL, WAFA reporter HAMZA AL‑HATTAB, and freelance journalist SARI JARADAT to cover the settlers’ march in the Old City of Hebron. Upon arriving in the “Souq Al‑Laban” area near the OTHMAN Mosque, soldiers attacked the journalists, forced them to retreat, and barred them from coverage, threatening them with arrest or camera destruction. Soldiers claimed there were people throwing stones and accused the journalists of being responsible. The four journalists had to leave immediately and could not complete their coverage.

(13/09) A cameraman from Al Jazeera and a cameraman from the Turkish Anadolu Agency, AHMED IBRAHIM, was wounded by shrapnel in his right foot and bruised in his left foot while covering the bombing of civilians’ homes in central Gaza on Saturday morning. AHMED MUSTAFA IBRAHIM (30 years old) told MADA Center he was in Gaza City around 11:30 AM on Saturday, on assignment to film and document Israeli strikes on civilian homes. During coverage, two houses (one of which the occupants had been warned to evacuate) were bombed by Israeli F‑16s. The explosion scattered shrapnel, injuring him in his right foot and bruising his left.
He was taken by ambulance to Al‑Shifa Hospital, treated in the emergency ward, and then returned to his work despite the injury.

(13/09) Israeli occupation forces targeted a crew from Al‑Alam TV with gas grenades near the entrance of Zbuba village, northwest of Jenin, during their coverage of the incursion and the sealing of its entrances on Saturday.

Al‑Alam TV reporter RAYA JAMIL 'UROUQ (36) told MADA Center that she and cameraman MOHAMMED ABDUL KHALEQ were at the entrance to Zbuba village at midday, covering heightened military presence and roadblocks near Salam checkpoint. Around 12:00 PM, an Israeli force unexpectedly moved from the nearby checkpoint and fired about four gas grenades directly toward the crew. The journalists withdrew but could not leave by their vehicle due to heavy gas. They waited until the military jeep cleared and used a dirt route to re-enter the village.
She said they saw their colleague, Al‑Awda channel reporter ANAS HOUSHIA, running toward the village to escape the soldiers and gas. They picked him up in their vehicle and exited via the dirt path after the occupation forces withdrew.

(14/09) The owner of Octave Studio for sound distribution and editor, journalist ALI AL-JOUJOU, sustained fractures, wounds, and contusions in various parts of his body when the occupation detonated an explosive robot near his home in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City on Sunday morning.

In a statement to MADA Center, ALI HASSAN AL-JOUJOU (37 years old) said that he was at around 8:30AM on Sunday in his home in Tel Al-Hawa with his family. At that moment, a massive explosion rang out near the house, resulting from the occupation forces detonating an armored military vehicle known as a “robot” in a large residential block. The blast caused many residential buildings to collapse on their occupants.

Because of the huge explosion, AL-JOUJOU was thrown from inside his third-floor apartment and collided with the ground, and fell onto rubble created by the blast inside the apartment. He sustained three fractures in his right arm, as well as wounds, bruises, and bleeding in his head, chest, and pelvis. He was transported by ambulance to Al-Quds Hospital of the Palestinian Red Crescent in the same neighborhood. His condition was described as serious; he is unable to move, and the necessary medical care and staff are lacking, with his health worsening day by day.
In addition to his injuries, his home was completely destroyed, along with all its contents including equipment used for his work, computers, mixing devices, and audio processing gear. He and his family were left homeless amidst the ongoing assault on Gaza City.

(15/09) Journalist MOHAMMED AL-KUWEIFI (38 years old), who worked in the editing department at Shehab News Agency and lectured in the media department at the University College of Applied Sciences, was martyred in Gaza City on Monday afternoon when he was struck by an airstrike.
According to HUMAM ASLIYA, a friend and colleague, AL-KUWEIFI was inside his tent in the Al-Nasr neighborhood northwest of Gaza City around 2:50 PM on Monday when he was targeted by an Israeli surveillance aircraft that fired a missile at him. He was hit directly and was killed immediately.
The journalist’s body was transported to Al-Shifa Hospital by ambulance; part of his body was mutilated due to the intensity of the explosion. AL-KUWEIFI had previously lost his wife and children in the initial months of the war when his home was bombed and collapsed on its occupants, killing members of his family. He was injured then but survived. According to witnesses, the occupation tracked him over the months and deliberately targeted him again, executing him coldly while he was in his tent.

(16/09) On Tuesday morning, Israeli occupation forces obstructed the work of journalists, prevented them from covering events, and deleted media content from their phones during a military raid in the Al-Tihta area of Ramallah City.

According to testimony given to MADA Center by MU'TASIM SAQF AL-HAYT, a cameraman for Quds News Network, Israeli forces raided the Al-Tihta area and fired tear gas canisters during clashes with Palestinian youths. During the raid, soldiers stationed themselves near the home of detainee HANAA BAYDAQ and other locations, including an UNRWA school.

The forces brought HANAA BAYDAQ to her home during the raid and arrested her husband, BASHAR AL-TAWIL, after an Israeli officer ordered him to leave his workplace and report to the house. It’s worth noting that both Hanaa and her husband were previously arrested from their home on September 7, though BASHAR was released 24 hours later. However, he was rearrested on September 16, while Hanaa remains under interrogation at Jalameh Prison.

Cameraman MU'TASIM SAQF AL-HAYT was present at the scene alongside MOHAMMED AWAD, a cameraman for Agence France-Presse (AFP), and freelance journalist MOHAMMED TURKMAN. They were covering the raid when Israeli soldiers prevented them from filming in several areas. Soldiers forced the journalists to unlock their phones and delete photos and videos they had taken.

An Israeli female officer informed them that it was illegal to photograph soldiers’ faces. She made the journalists delete images from the phone gallery ("Studio" app), and attempted to delete footage from their professional cameras as well. However, the journalists refused and demanded that she communicate with the media outlets they work for.

(17/09) On Wednesday evening, MUHAMMAD ALAA AL-SWALHI (24 years old), a cameraman for Al-Quds Today Channel, was killed while covering an Israeli airstrike targeting vehicles of displaced civilians heading south from Gaza City.

According to testimony given to MADA Center by journalist ADHAM AL-DAYEH, AL-SWALHI was present around 5:30PM near Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City to document the displacement of hundreds of civilians from the city towards the southern Gaza Strip, following orders and decisions by Israeli forces.

While near Al-Shifa Hospital, Israeli warplanes targeted the vehicles of displaced civilians directly. Shrapnel scattered across the area, injuring AL-SWALHI and causing his immediate death alongside 12 other civilians. The strike also damaged his camera and his personal phone, which he used for work.

Civilians transferred him to the emergency department at Al-Shifa Hospital, where his death was officially confirmed.

(18/09) In the early hours of Thursday, journalist and media activist Rajaa Hassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of civilians participating in an event in Gaza City.

According to testimony given to MADA Center by her sister, SAFAA HASSOUNA, RAJAA was present around 2:00 PM on Thursday with her husband and a group of civilians at an event near the Gaza Port. An Israeli reconnaissance drone fired a missile at the group, resulting in the immediate death of both Rajaa and her husband. Their bodies were severely mutilated and later transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

SAFAA added that RAJAA graduated from the Department of Media and Advocacy at the Islamic University and was active in media work through her social media platforms. She documented the suffering of displaced populations and conveyed their concerns to the outside world, as well as producing video content related to the war.

(20/09) On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers obstructed a group of journalists and prevented them from covering the weekly settler march in the Old City of Hebron, forcing them to leave the area.

According to testimony given to MADA Center by TAHA DAWOOD HUSSEIN (37 years old), a reporter for Radio "Al-Rabea," a group of journalists, including MUSAB ABDUL SAMAD SHAWAR, reporter for Al-Hadath newspaper; MAMOUN WAZWAZ (50 years old), cameraman for Reuters; and freelance journalist AMER SHLOUDI, went around 5:00 PM on Saturday to the Old City of Hebron to cover the settlers’ weekly march.

While near Badran Café in the city center, several Israeli soldiers approached them. One soldier asked Hussein for his ID, then returned it and instructed all the journalists to move away and cover the event from a distance. Consequently, the journalists had to retreat far from the site out of fear of being attacked.

(22/09) On Monday afternoon, Israeli aircraft destroyed the home of journalist HUMAM AL-ZAYTOUNIYA shortly after he left for a work assignment, resulting in the death and injury of several family members.

According to testimony given to MADA Center by cameraman and collaborator with Al-Jazeera channel, HUMAM AL-ZAYTOUNIYA (29 years old), he left his home in Al-Shati Camp, west of Gaza City, at around 12:30 PM on Monday for a journalistic mission.

Shortly after he left, Israeli F16 warplanes targeted the house directly without any warning, causing the building to collapse on its residents. Several family members were killed and injured as a result.

AL-ZAYTOUNIYA explained that the targeting of his home came just hours after he documented the presence of residents in Gaza City and their insistence on staying despite the bombings and killings, following the forced evacuation order issued by Israeli forces. He stated that the Israeli targeting aims to silence Palestinian voices and prevent showing the true tragic reality in Gaza.

(22/09) The broadcaster at Al-Aqsa University Radio and cameraman for the Orphan’s Association, ABDULLAH NASSAR (25 years old), was killed during an airstrike on Monday evening.

According to testimony given to MADA Center by his friend OMAR IBRAHIM, ABDULLAH was killed around 5:00 PM on Monday while passing through a road in Deir al-Balah city, in the central Gaza Strip. He was targeted by a missile fired from an Israeli reconnaissance drone flying low over the city.

ABDULLAH was killed instantly, and his body, severely dismembered, was taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

ABDULLAH NASSAR graduated from the Radio and Television Department at Al-Aqsa University. Before the war, he worked as a broadcaster at Al-Aqsa University Radio. Since the beginning of the war until shortly before his death, he worked as a cameraman for the Orphan’s Association, documenting their activities supporting children and families of martyrs.

(24/09) Israeli forces obstructed a group of journalists and prevented them from covering the incursion into Turmusaya town near Ramallah on Wednesday midday by pushing them away and obstructing their camera lenses.

According to testimony to MADA Center by KARIM SOBHI KHMAISAH (27 years old), reporter for Al-'Irsal network, he went with freelance journalist WAHAJ JAMAL BANI MUFLEH (26 years old) and cameraman for Quds News Network MOTASEM SAQF AL-HAYT around 12:00PM on Wednesday to cover the Israeli military incursion into Turmusaya.

The incursion was part of a wide-scale military campaign launched earlier that day at dawn in the town, involving breaking into and searching homes, checking residents’ IDs, assaulting civilians, and converting some homes into military barracks for interrogation.

Upon arrival, the soldiers prevented the journalists from covering the events and ordered them to leave immediately.

The journalists observed the soldiers preparing to raid a residential building and moved to cover it. Soldiers again ordered them to leave and stop filming, but the journalists continued their work.

After the incursion ended, soldiers returned, ordered the journalists to leave immediately, and tried to confiscate the phones of WAHAJ BANI MUFLEH and MOTASEM SAQF AL-HAYT to delete recorded materials, but both refused.

A photo taken by WAHAJ BANI MUFLEH shows a soldier reaching to cover the camera lens and prevent coverage.

(25/09) Israeli forces arrested freelance journalist YASSER ABDEL MONEIM KHALIL THALJI early Thursday morning after raiding his home in the town of Sa’ir, north of Hebron. He was subjected to field interrogation at a local detention site over his journalistic work and released five hours later.

According to his testimony to MADA Center, around 2:00 AM, Israeli soldiers stormed his home and immediately arrested him. They blindfolded and handcuffed him, transporting him in a military vehicle to a local café, which the soldiers had turned into a field detention and interrogation center for a number of town residents.

An hour later, THALJI was interrogated by a Shin Bet (Israeli intelligence) officer about his journalistic activities, including the outlet he works for and whether he prepares media reports for Al Jazeera. During the interrogation, he was threatened that he would be pursued if he published any reports deemed “inciting”.

THALJI remained detained with other residents until 7:00 AM, when all were released.

(26/09) Israeli forces detained journalist ANAS HOUSHIYA, reporter for Awdah TV, for about 15 minutes during his coverage of an Israeli military raid on the Wadi Burqin area near Jenin on Friday evening.

According to HOUSHIYA's testimony to MADA Center, at around 10:00 PM, while covering the military incursion, a soldier stopped him, checked both his personal and press ID, searched him physically, and detained him briefly before allowing him to leave.

(26/09) SAMI MOUSA DAWOOD (35 years old), a journalist with the local Rawafed TV channel, was killed along with his young daughter in an Israeli airstrike that hit their tent in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Friday evening.

According to his friend FAIZ QREIQA, who spoke to MADA Center, SAMI was with his family in their tent when, around 5:00 PM, an Israeli reconnaissance drone fired a missile directly at them, killing him and his daughter instantly and injuring his wife and other children.

The family was evacuated by ambulance to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

SAMI had recently relocated from Gaza City to Deir al-Balah just a week earlier, following Israeli evacuation orders from the north.

(26/09) Israeli forces arrested two journalists, NAWWAF IBRAHIM AL-AMER (63 years old) and MOHAMMAD MONA, from Nablus at dawn on Friday. AL-AMER was released after seven hours, during which he was interrogated at Huwara military camp, while MONA remained in detention.

According to AL-AMER’s testimony to MADA Center, a large Israeli military force raided his home in Kafr Qalil, south of Nablus, at 4:00 AM, breaking doors, damaging furniture, and gathering the family in one room. He was handcuffed and blindfolded before being taken away.

Despite requesting the soldiers not to damage the house, they forced entry, and it became clear he was the target of the operation.

AL-AMER was allowed to take his medication before being transported to Huwara Camp, where he remained until morning. He was then interrogated by a Shin Bet officer, along with two other officers, about his biography, past arrests, and those of his sons, as well as his views on the events of October 7.

During questioning, he was informed of a decision banning him from continuing his media work with Sanad News Agency, though no concrete charges were presented. He was also threatened with two years of administrative detention in Ofer Prison. He was released around 10:30 AM.

In the same incident, MOHAMMAD MONA was arrested from his home in Zawata, west of Nablus, at the same time.

According to his wife, SAWSAN ABU AL-ALA, a large force stormed their home at 4:00AM, searched the property, and asked about her husband before seizing his phone and arresting him. His whereabouts remain unknown.

(26/09) Israeli F-16 fighter jets bombed the home of journalist YOUSSEF AHMAD ABU KWEIK (43 years old), a reporter for Al-Qahera News Channel, in central Gaza City on Friday evening.

ABU KWEIK told MADA Center that he received a phone call from a neighbor around 10:00 PM informing him that his home had been completely destroyed. He was away on a work assignment at the time.

Three weeks prior, he had evacuated to the southern Gaza Strip following Israeli forced displacement orders, leaving behind all his possessions.

(27/09) MOHAMMAD AL-DAYEH (30 years old), a photojournalist and editor at the Palestinian Information Center, was killed on Saturday morning after an Israeli drone strike hit his tent in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.

According to journalist MAHMOUD BADR, AL-DAYEH had evacuated Gaza City days earlier due to forced evacuation orders. He was sheltering with his family in a tent when, around 11:30 AM, an Israeli drone struck the area.

He was rushed to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where he was declared dead.

AL-DAYEH was actively reporting and sharing updates on social media and on the Center’s platforms until the moment of his death.

(28/09) Israeli soldiers obstructed the work of freelance journalist ABDULLAH TAYSEER BAHSH (28 years old) by shining green laser lights into his eyes while he was covering an Israeli military raid in Nablus on Sunday night.

BAHSH told MADA Center that he was alone in the Khallet Al-Amoud area at 10:00 PM, covering a large military incursion following a vehicular attack near the Jit junction the day before.

An Israeli soldier repeatedly directed green laser beams at his face to prevent filming, forcing him to leave for his own safety.

(28/09) FOUAD AL-TABATIBI (27 years old), an editor in the news montage department at Al-Aqsa TV, reported that his multi-story home in Gaza City was completely destroyed by an Israeli F-16 missile strike on Sunday afternoon at around 1:30 PM.

He was at work when he received a call from a relative informing him of the attack. The strike caused fires and total structural destruction, rendering the family homeless.

This was the third time his home was targeted since the start of the war, though previous strikes only caused partial damage.

(30/09) YAHYA MOHAMMAD BARZAQ (34 years old), a journalist with TRT Arabic (Turkey), was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening, while sitting with his child at a café in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.

According to journalist BILAL SAMMAK, the incident occurred at 8:50 PM when Israeli aircraft launched two missiles at a gathering near the café. BARZAQ and five other civilians, including children, were killed due to blast pressure.

He had relocated from Gaza City with his family just a week earlier and had continued his journalistic work from the south despite the difficult conditions of displacement.