CPJ Demands Release of Arrested Palestinian-US Journalist Near Bethlehem
CPJ says espionage claims are unsubstantiated and warns that 4D Media freelancer Naqaa Hamed’s detention was extended until Sept. 23 pending investigation.
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Israeli Forces Abduct Press TV Reporter Naqqa Hamed Near Bethlehem
Israeli forces have abducted Press TV correspondent Naqqa Hamed at a military checkpoint near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Hamed was traveling with a camera crew when Israeli forces stopped them at a checkpoint near the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem. The crew was searched, after which the forces abducted Hamed and released […]
CPJ demands release of arrested Palestinian-US journalist near Bethlehem
Amman September 17, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Israeli authorities to immediately release Palestinian-American journalist Naqaa Hamed, arrested on Tuesday at a temporary Israeli army checkpoint in the village of Tuqu, near Bethlehem. Hamed, a freelancer with the local 4D Media production company, was returning from a work assignment for Turkish...
Palestinian-American Journalist Naqaa Hamed Detained by Israel
The freelance journalist and Drop Site contributor was arrested by Israeli authorities as she returned from covering Israeli settler attacks in Masafer Yatta. Nearly 40 journalists are currently in Israeli detention, over half are being held in administrative detention, a mechanism that allows Israel to imprison people indefinitely without charge or trial.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Palestinian-American journalist Nakaa Hamed at the Teko checkpoint in Bethlehem as she was returning from a reporting mission in the occupied West Bank, where she was covering Israeli settler violence against Palestinians. Israeli authorities have not commented on the arrest, while Israel’s Ynet, citing anonymous military sources, reported that the journalist is suspected of “collaborating with a hostile entity…
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