Overview

• Israeli troops raided Al Jazeera's offices in Ramallah, ordering a 45-day shutdown and seizing equipment.
• The Israeli military cited laws from the British Mandate of Palestine era to justify the closure.
• Al Jazeera condemned the raid, calling the accusations of inciting terror unfounded and an attack on press freedom.
• The raid follows a similar shutdown of Al Jazeera's East Jerusalem bureau in May and ongoing restrictions on foreign journalists in Gaza.
• Journalist organizations and the Palestinian Authority have denounced the raid as an aggression against media freedom.