Israeli forces arrest veteran Palestinian journalist in West Bank raid

Israeli forces arrested veteran Palestinian journalist Dr Nasser al-Lahham during a violent raid on his home in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem early Monday morning.

Lahham, a 58-year-old journalist with over 30 years of experience reporting from Palestine, is the editor-in-chief of Ma’an News Agency and director of Al-Mayadeen TV’s office in Palestine.

The pre-dawn raid on his home in the village of al-Duha, west of Bethlehem, was described by Al-Mayadeen as “brutal and repressive”.

According to Ma’an, Israeli soldiers stormed the house, ransacked the property, destroyed personal belongings, and confiscated computers and mobile phones before detaining the journalist.

Al-Mayadeen accused Israeli forces of spreading chaos and vandalising Lahham’s home with total disregard for privacy.

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