RAMALLAH, November 15, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities continue to target Palestinian journalists through escalating detentions, using military courts and arbitrary detention measures, including administrative detention based on alleged secret files or accusations of "incitement," according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society.

The organization said such broadly worded accusations have become among the main pretexts used by Israeli authorities to pursue and detain hundreds of Palestinians, including journalists, in an attempt to criminalize journalistic work and target media professionals.

According to the society's monitoring and documentation, the number of Palestinian journalists held in Israeli prisons has reached 38, including five women, following the early Sunday detention of journalist Mohammad Atiq from Jenin, who is a former prisoner and has previously been detained.

Two other journalists from Gaza have also remained forcibly disappeared since October 7, with no clear information available about their whereabouts or conditions of detention.

Meanwhile, Israeli authorities continue to detain journalist Samer Khuweira from Nablus despite a court ruling ordering his release late last week. The Israeli prosecution has requested a 144-hour extension of his detention, citing the need to examine the possibility of issuing an administrative detention order against him.

Israeli forces detained Khuweira on November 2, marking his second detention since the beginning of the genocide. He was previously detained in April 2025 and released after spending approximately nine months in administrative detention.

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