Israeli occupation forces detained members of a Palestine TV crew on Saturday afternoon while they were reporting from the outskirts of the Jenin refugee camp, currently under relentless military assault for the 82nd consecutive day.
According to WAFA news agency, journalist Amna Belalo and cameraman Tareq Abu Zaid were violently assaulted and detained by Israeli soldiers during a live broadcast covering the military offensive in the camp. The soldiers also seized their press and personal equipment, effectively halting their ability to report from the scene.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned the incident, including the assault, detention, and equipment seizure, and noted that Israeli forces fired live rounds in the direction of the journalists.
The Israeli military continues to bar media access to Jenin refugee camp, obstructing coverage of what human rights organizations describe as a prolonged and devastating campaign. Local sources report that approximately 600 homes have been destroyed, rendering around 3,000 housing units uninhabitable. Since the start of the military offensive, 36 Palestinians have been killed in the Jenin governorate, with dozens more wounded. Additionally, nearly 21,000 residents have been forcibly displaced.
In a separate but related escalation of violence, two Palestinians were injured and several vehicles damaged on Saturday evening following an attack by Israeli settlers near the town of Kafr ad-Dik in the Salfit province of the occupied West Bank.
Local sources told WAFA that settlers from the illegal “Brokhin” outpost—constructed on privately owned Palestinian land—ambushed farmers traveling along an agricultural road in the Susiya area, north of Kafr ad-Dik. Citizens Khaled Jabri Ali Ahmed and Youssef Naji sustained bruises during the attack, and several vehicles belonging to local farmers were damaged.
Settler violence is a persistent threat to Palestinians in the area, with repeated efforts by settlers to prevent farmers from accessing their own lands. Saturday’s incident is the latest in a pattern of attacks that local residents and human rights advocates say are part of a broader strategy to seize Palestinian land and displace rural communities.
These developments underscore the intensifying humanitarian crisis in the West Bank as Israeli military and settler actions continue to escalate with impunity.
