Israel detain 42 Palestinian journalists for 2025, including eight women, and na continuation of how dem dey systemically target Palestinian journalists, Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) talk.

"According to documentation and monitoring, the Syndicate's Freedoms Committee recorded 42 cases of arrest of Palestinian journalists, both men and women, during 2025," PJS talk for im report.

Dem arrests happen for different places: the (occupied) West Bank, occupied Jerusalem, inside the occupied territories, and even for military checkpoints and crossings, during field coverage, and during home raids.

The report talk say the drop in arrest cases compared to 2023 and 2024 fit mean say Israel don shift strategy — from chasing many people (quantitative targeting) to chasing specific people (qualitative targeting).

This shift, the report talk, na to focus on the most influential journalists, to dey arrest the same journalist many times, to expand the use of administrative detention wey no get charge or trial, and to use physical and psychological violence as way to scare people.

PJS still talk say the committee document cases wey journalists dem detain while dem dey work, especially when dem dey cover military raids and settlers' attacks.

"This shows say arrest don turn to quick tool to empty the field of witnesses and to stop the truth from reach people," the report add.

Gender-based violence

For 2025 dem still see sharp rise for how Israel dey target Palestinian women journalists with arrests, interrogations, and deportations, and some of dem dem re-arrest again.

The report talk say the committee stress say these violations dey intersect with documented testimonies from foreign women journalists wey dey report say dem suffer Israeli torture.

"The Committee emphasised that these violations intersect with documented testimonies of foreign women journalists who were subjected to grave abuses inside prisons, placing these crimes within the category of serious violations that may amount to international crimes," the report talk.

Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate call on the international community, human rights organisations, the United Nations, and special rapporteurs on freedom of expression to do their legal and ethical work, to intervene urgently, and to hold Israeli leaders answerable for their actions against Palestinian journalism.

"In conclusion, the Freedoms Committee reaffirmed that Palestinian journalism will continue to fulfil its professional and national role despite all policies of repression and arrest, and that targeting journalists will not succeed in silencing the truth or erasing crimes."