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Palestinian Journalist's Life at Risk Amid Detention Crisis

2/13/2026

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Ali al-Samoudi, a Palestinian journalist, has been detained by Israel since April 2025 after arrest on terrorism-funding charges that Israel later deemed unsupported.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate warns his life is at risk from medical neglect in prison and calls for global pressure to end his administrative detention.
Since the Israel-Gaza war began in October 2023, more than 90 Palestinian journalists have been arrested, often without clear charges in Israel.

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Ali al-Samoudi, a Palestinian journalist, has been detained by Israel since April 2025 after arrest on terrorism-funding charges that Israel later deemed unsupported.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate warns his life is at risk from medical neglect in prison and calls for global pressure to end his administrative detention.
Since the Israel-Gaza war began in October 2023, more than 90 Palestinian journalists have been arrested, often without clear charges in Israel.