Israel detains Middle East Eye correspondent's wife

Israeli forces arbitrarily detained the wife of Middle East Eye correspondent Mohammed al-Hajjar on Thursday, and refused to disclose why she was being held at a military checkpoint as his family made their way south of Gaza City.

Hajjar said an Israeli soldier stopped his family at a checkpoint at the Netzarim corridor earlier on Thursday, and ordered him to collect the identification cards of his immediate family members and other Palestinians who were also making their way south of the city.

Hajjar said he was interrogated about everyone near him, and when the soldier came to his wife Inas's ID card, he asked what their relationship was. After telling the soldier that it was his wife, the soldier said: "Go give her ID to her and tell her to come. You go south".

"I thought he wanted to ask her something, so I waited outside. The soldier came back and said: ‘Go south, leave from here’," Hajjar recalled.

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Israeli forces arbitrarily detain Middle East Eye correspondent's wife