This came in a report published by the union on Saturday evening, considering that "these violations reflect the continued systematic escalation against media crews and preventing them from performing their professional duty."
The union said that "settlers played a pivotal role in carrying out serious attacks witnessed in various areas of the West Bank."
These violations included two injuries from live ammunition and 22 attacks by settlers, in addition to preventing coverage, chasing, beating with sticks, throwing stones, and brandishing weapons at journalists.
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The union's report stated that the attacks included 16 cases of detaining journalists and media crews and preventing them from working, and documented 6 cases of direct beatings by Israeli soldiers and settlers during media coverage.
According to the report, settlers vandalized journalists' vehicles and seized some of them during coverage in Hebron. The Journalists Syndicate called for "intensifying international pressure on the occupation to stop the daily attacks against journalists and to provide international protection for journalists in the field."
Since Israel began its two-year war of extermination in Gaza on October 8, 2023, the West Bank, including Jerusalem, has witnessed an escalation in attacks by the occupation army and settlers, resulting in the martyrdom of 1,088 Palestinians, the injury of about 11,000, and the arrest of more than 21,000 others.
