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SvennoJ on 10 June 2024
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Israel keeps Palestinian woman journalist in ‘administrative detention’

An Israeli military court extended the detention of Rasha Herzallah, 39, until June 24 for alleged incitement on social media platforms. According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission for Detainees’ Affairs, Israeli authorities detained the journalist from Nablus and interrogated her on June 2, and placed her under administrative detention – without charge or a trial.

The groups said the number of Palestinian women in Israeli prisons is 74, with many of them detained since October 7 for alleged “incitement against Israel” on social media platforms.

According to Women In Journalism, an advocacy and support organisation, Herzallah joins more than 40 journalists currently in Israeli prisons.

‘They are heartless’: Former Hamas captive mourns husband

Israel’s collective euphoria following the rescue of four captives stands in stark contrast with the anger of Tami Metzger, whose husband held in Gaza was pronounced dead days ago.

“If the government had stopped the war”, her husband Yoram would still be alive, said Metzger, 79, who was also held by Hamas but freed in a November prisoner exchange. “I’m angry … they are heartless.”

The Israeli army announced on June 3 that four Israeli captives held in Gaza were dead, including Yoram Metzger, 80.


Former Israeli captive Tami Metzger holds a portrait of her husband Yoram

 

Building of US pier ‘futile’: Gaza media office

The Government Media Office in Gaza has released a statement on the recently repaired, US-built humanitarian aid pier:

  • “In the wake of the World Food Programme’s announcement of stopping the entry of their aid into Gaza through the American floating dock due to security concerns, we once again confirm the futility of this dock, as we have not seen any serious contribution to it since its inauguration a month and a half ago, to alleviate the catastrophic humanitarian reality.”
  • “If the American administration were serious in its approach to mitigate the impact of the humanitarian catastrophe, and sincere in its intentions to help our people, it would have pressured the occupation to open the land crossings.”
  • “We call on the international community to take urgent and serious action – before it is too late – to ensure the entry of aid to all areas of the Gaza Strip.”