On July 25, 2024, Israeli forces raided the house of Palestinian journalist Hazem Naser, camera operator for An-Najah TV, which is affiliated with An-Najah National University in the northern West Bank, and arrested him, according to multiple news reports.
The soldiers surrounded the house in the town of Tulkarem at about 4 a.m., broke down the doors, handcuffed and blindfolded Naser in his bedroom, and took him to an unknown location, the journalist’s parents told those sources. Naser’s mother said they also raided and searched the journalist’s brother’s house.
Naser’s mother added that he was summoned and questioned in June by an Israeli intelligence officer in Tulkarem who threatened the journalist by saying, “This is your last warning or you will be arrested.” Naser responded that he was only doing his journalistic work, she said.
In April 2026, Naser’s father confirmed that the journalist was still under renewed administrative detention orders, the first for six months on August 25, 2024. It was renewed for another six months on February 24, 2025, then renewed again for an additional six months on August 23, 2025. It was renewed a fourth time for another four months on February 23, 2026, set to end on June 22, 2026.
He confirmed to CPJ that his son is currently in Ktzi’ot/Negev prison. He was previously held in Al-Jalameh and Megiddo prisons.
CPJ previously documented that Nasser was arrested in 2021 and 2016 by Israeli forces and in 2018 by Palestinian forces.
In June 2023, Nasser was shot by Israeli forces in a raid on Jenin refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate and The Associated Press news agency, which said that an AP journalist saw the military shoot directly at Naser who was wearing a clearly marked “Press” vest. Naser, who was then working as a camera operator for Al-Ghad TV, was hospitalized with serious injuries, CPJ reported at the time.
CPJ emailed the Israel Defense Forces, Israel’s Security Agency, also known as the Shin Bet, and the Israeli Prison Service in late 2024 for comment on the cases of imprisoned Palestinian journalists but received no response.