RAMALLAH, February 9, 2017 (WAFA) – Israel committed 22 violations against Palestinian journalists in January, a report compiled by the Palestinian news agency WAFA said on Thursday.
It said in its monthly report on Israeli treatment of Palestinian journalists and media that six journalists were injured from rubber bullets, tear gas inhalation or beating by Israeli soldiers while covering events in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Soldiers also fired live bullets at journalists but none was hurt.
In addition, soldiers prevented journalists from doing their work either by turning them back under force or holding them for several hours while assaulting them, said the report.
Two journalists were also arrested in January, according to the report.
Faisal Rifai, a freelance journalist, was arrested for allegedly publishing what the Israeli authorities said was “incitement” on his Facebook page. The Ofer military court near Ramallah ordered in a session on January 10 to keep him incarcerated until March 1 before deciding on his fate.
Muhammad Qiq, from Dora, Hebron area, who previously went on a three-month hunger strike to secure his release from administrative detention, was re-arrested at a checkpoint outside Ramallah on January 19 and placed in administrative detention.
His wife, Fayha Shalash, who is also a journalist, was summoned for questioning by the Israeli security service after a raid at their home on January 25.
Qiq reportedly started another hunger strike immediately after his re-arrest.
Israeli forces raided Al-Nour and Al-Qasem printing shops in Ramallah on January 30 and ransacked them after taking away some of the equipment. Al-Qasem was sealed shut, said the report.
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