On December 22, 2023, Israeli soldiers arrested Palestinian journalist Mohamed al-Rimawi during a dawn raid on his home in Beit Rima. Al-Rimawi worked for Ramallah-based Awda TV and also reported for Palestine TV. He told CPJ that he was detained in Ofer Prison for over three weeks, where authorities questioned him about his work as a journalist. Al-Rimawi was released on January 16, 2024, without formal charges.
CPJ routinely contacts the Israel Defense Forces' North America Media Desk about its arrests of journalists. In one 2024 response the IDF said it detains ‘individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activity,' but has either provided no evidence or unsubstantiated evidence to CPJ to support these suspicions. CPJ has also contacted the Israeli Prison Service, the Palestinian General Intelligence Service, and Shin Bet about Palestinian journalists arrested in the West Bank but did not receive any replies.