On Thursday, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate strongly condemned the arrest and assault of colleague Hani Abu Rizk, correspondent of Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda newspaper, by the Gaza police during his filming of the atmosphere of the first days of the blessed month of Ramadan in Al-Saraya Square in the center of Gaza City.

The Syndicate said in a statement that it looks with great concern at the arrest and assault on him by the police in Gaza despite him introducing them to the nature of his journalistic work, holding the Gaza police fully responsible for this arrest and assault that contradicts the freedom of journalistic work and the prohibition of assaulting journalists or obstructing their work. according to the text of its statement.

The Journalists Syndicate demanded an apology to the press body for this brutal attack, which is considered an attack on the entire press body.

She confirmed that she would not accept such an attack and would take all trade union measures to ensure that this attack against colleague Abu Rizk would not be repeated, calling on all human rights organizations to denounce this attack and put pressure on Hamas to ensure that such attacks will not be repeated.

Subsequently, the media office of the Ministry of Interior in Gaza condemned what it described as "lies" published by the Journalists Syndicate, about the arrest of what it described as a "citizen" after he assaulted a traffic police officer while the latter was performing his work at the Saraya intersection in the center of Gaza City, prior to the sunset prayer today. Thursday.

The office said: The union's behavior constitutes a cover for practices and behavior that violate the law, and calls for disruption of order and the promotion of chaos.

He added: The competent authorities continue to take legal measures against anyone who violates the law or hinders the police and security agencies from carrying out their duties.