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IDF assault, detain Al-Jazeera journalist in hospital raid
Committee to Protect Journalists
Al-Jazeera jpournalist detained and assaulted by Israeli Defence Forc e (IDF)
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On Monday night, Al-Jazeera reporter Ismail Al-Ghoul was released by Israeli forces after being held for nearly 12 hours.
In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Al-Ghoul recounted how he and several other journalists were assaulted by IDF soldiers, whom he said destroyed the journalists’ tent and damaged their equipment and press vehicles.
Al-Ghoul said the journalists were ordered to remove their clothes in the cold weather and were kept blindfolded and handcuffed in a room at Al-Shifa hospital.
“CPJ welcomes the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and some of the other journalists assaulted and detained by Israel on Monday, but we remain extremely concerned that they were blocked from covering a major military operation, denying them their press freedom rights,” said CPJ Program Director Carlos Martínez de la Serna.
Read more about Al-Ghoul’s detention and the high risks for journalists covering the Israel-Gaza war.