On April 16, 2025, Israeli forces arrested Palestinian journalist Ibrahim Abu Safiya during a raid on his home in the village of Beit Sira, west of Ramallah in the central West Bank. Abu Safiya was subsequently placed under administrative detention.
According to his brother, Salem, who spoke to CPJ, Abu Safiya had first been transferred to Etzion detention center and then moved to Ofer Prison. In April, Israeli authorities issued a four-month administrative detention order against him. Since then, the order has been renewed three times for the same duration. The latest renewal happened on April 13, 2026 for four additional months.
Abu Safiya was detained previously in 2024 and has reported mistreatment and abuse in Israeli prisons.
CPJ emailed the International Press Desk of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for comment on Abu Safiya’s detention but were asked for his ID number, information that CPJ does not collect. The IDF responded that it “takes all operationally feasible measures to mitigate harm to civilians including journalists,” and that they do not “deliberately target journalists.”