Gaza: Al Jazeera journalist Arrested by Israeli Army · Global Voices

The Israeli army was accused of Qatar’s Al Jazeera channel saying that he beat up and arrested who covered the situation in . At Al Shifa hospital in Gaza the Israeli army attacked, killing and arresting dozens of Palestinians. Qatar’s channel accused the military of moving on to arrest his journalist, Ismail Algul. The Israeli army, asked about the issue by the French Agency, did not respond immediately. “The occupying army hit Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Algul hard and then arrested him, in the precinct of Al Shifa hospital” reported the channel in a post on the X. Al Jazeera demands Israel platform immediately release its correspondent, Ismail al-Ghoul. — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) A source adjacent to the channel said, asking for her anonymity to be respected, that five other people were arrested, including Algul’s cameraman. An Israeli chariot destroyed their vehicle. “Al Jazeera demands the immediate release of its correspondent and other journalists arrested with him and makes occupation forces responsible for their safety,” the channel added to its announcement. He added that the journalist “moved to an unknown location” and that “a relay van, cameras and other equipment were destroyed after the arrests”. In February Al Jazeera had accused Israel of systematically targeting its workers in Gaza. According to the New York-based Journalist Protection Committee, at least 95 journalists have been killed since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. 90 of them were Palestinians.