Israel kidnapped 42 Palestinian journalists, including 8 women, in 2025, says union
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has reported that the Israeli military abducted 42 Palestinian journalists, including eight women, during 2025 in the occupied West Bank, al-Quds, and other parts of the occupied territories.
The union reported that the Israeli regime has persisted in a systematic targeting policy involving arbitrary and administrative detention, physical assault, deportation, equipment seizure, and forced interrogation.
It said these actions are intended to “suppress coverage and dismantle the national media framework.” The committee on freedoms of the syndicate cautioned against what it termed a "perilous change" in arrest procedures.
The freedoms committee of the syndicate cautioned against what it termed a “dangerous shift” in arrest procedures.
It stated this includes concentrating on the most influential journalists, consistently detaining the same reporter, broadening the application of administrative detention without formal charges, and employing both physical and psychological violence as a means of deterrence.
The report recorded numerous instances where journalists were kidnapped while performing their duties in the field and reporting on military raids. It said this is used as a way to “empty the field of witnesses and prevent the transmission of truth.”
It noted that 2025 also saw a sharp rise in Israel targeting Palestinian women journalists through arrests, interrogations, and expulsions, with some being re-arrested.
The report said the committee emphasized the connection between these violations and the documented accounts of foreign women journalists who have endured torture by Israeli forces.
The union additionally reported an increase in raids on the residences of journalists and the arrest of their family members, which it stated is aimed at “psychologically and socially breaking them.”
It finally reaffirmed that “Palestinian journalism will continue to fulfill its professional and national role despite all policies of repression and arrest, and that targeting journalists will not succeed in silencing the truth or erasing crimes.”
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