Israeli Forces Raid and Shut Down Al Jazeera's West Bank Bureau
The raid in Ramallah comes amid heightened tensions and ongoing conflict, with Israel accusing the network of inciting terror.
- Israeli troops raided Al Jazeera's offices in Ramallah, ordering a 45-day shutdown and seizing equipment.
- The Israeli military cited laws from the British Mandate of Palestine era to justify the closure.
- Al Jazeera condemned the raid, calling the accusations of inciting terror unfounded and an attack on press freedom.
- The raid follows a similar shutdown of Al Jazeera's East Jerusalem bureau in May and ongoing restrictions on foreign journalists in Gaza.
- Journalist organizations and the Palestinian Authority have denounced the raid as an aggression against media freedom.







































