On September 26, 2025, Israeli forces re-arrested Palestinian journalist Mohammed Anwar Muna of Sanad News Agency, during a raid on his home in the village of Zawata, west of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
His family told CPJ they were not informed of his where he was being taken or the legal basis for his arrest.
This latest arrest comes after Muna previously spent 22 months in Israeli detention without charge under administrative detention, between June 27, 2023 and April 17, 2025.
Mona told CPJ after his April 2025 release that he endured physical and psychological abuse while incarcerated, especially after October 7, 2023, when prison conditions for Palestinian detainees worsened significantly. He reported being beaten, and being subject to verbal abuse, humiliation, and harassment by prison guards. He told CPJ that Israeli authorities denied him of family and lawyer visits, deprived him of medical treatment, and limited his access to food, leading to a weight loss of 43 kilograms.
During his previous detention, the Israeli Prison Service moved Muna from Huwwara military camp to Megiddo Prison, and finally to Gilboa Prison, from which he was released. Before his release, Israeli officers threatened him with further detention should he resume his journalism work.
Muna’s testimony was featured in the CPJ special report, “We returned from hell,” published in February 2026, that outlined patterns of abuse, torture and mistreatment against Palestinian journalists inside Israeli prisoners.
CPJ emailed the Israeli Prison Service for comment, but did not receive a response at the time of publication.