RAMALLAH, (PIC)
The number of Palestinian media personnel held in Israeli prisons has reached 61 journalists, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) on Monday.
It added in a statement that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 98 journalists since October 7 last year and retained 58 of them in custody including 15 held in administrative detention while two are still in enforced disappearance.
The PPS said that at least 12 detained journalists are currently on trial for “incitement”, adding that the term incitement is used by the Israeli occupation authorities to quell Palestinian journalists and to deter them against reporting the truth about the IOF crimes.
