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Israeli Military Arrests Ma’an News Agency Editor-in-Chief in West Bank Raid

His electronic devices were confiscated ahead of a Thursday extension hearing at Ofer Military Court.

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Overview

  • Israeli forces detained Dr. Nasser Laham during a pre-dawn raid on July 7 at his home in Al-Duheisha near Bethlehem.
  • Laham serves as editor-in-chief of the Ma’an News Agency and manages the West Bank bureau of Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen channel.
  • Soldiers conducted a thorough search of his residence and seized laptops, mobile phones and other journalistic equipment.
  • He is held under administrative detention without formal charges, part of a wider pattern affecting over 50 Palestinian journalists.
  • A hearing to extend his detention is scheduled for Thursday at Ofer Military Court and none of his seized devices have been returned yet.