The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said that the Israeli occupation forces have arrested about 100 Palestinian journalists since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

The Freedoms Committee of the Journalists Syndicate explained in a statement on Wednesday that 10 female journalists were arrested. Noting that the occupation continues to arrest 4 female journalists in its prisons.

The committee noted that the ferocity of the arrest targeting occurred in October and November 2023; “When about 50 journalists were arbitrarily arrested, while about 40 of them are still in Israeli prisons.”

The Freedoms Committee continued: “Most of the journalists were beaten at the moment of arrest, and although there were medical conditions among them, they did not receive any kind of treatment or health follow-up, which put their lives in danger.”

It warned that prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons “are subjected to beatings, humiliation, threats, and deprivation of the most basic rights in clear violation of the Geneva Conventions and all international norms.”

The Syndicate stated that before the military aggression against Gaza (October 7), there were 13 journalists in the occupation prisons. Most of them are under unjust administrative detention, and some are still detained awaiting military courts.

The Freedoms Committee warned of the “unknown fate” of many detained journalist colleagues from the Gaza Strip in enforced disappearance and a real threat to their lives. Noting that some of them have been completely cut off from news, which leaves them with an unknown fate.

The statement called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Executive Director of UNESCO, and the International Federation of Journalists to intervene with all relevant parties to stop this crime against male and female prisoners of war in the occupation prisons.