IDF arrests Iran's Press TV journalist in West Bank, hands her to police, source confirms to 'Post'
The IDF confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the journalist, identified by the Iranian state broadcaster as Palestinian-American Naqqa Hamad, was transferred to the Israel Police.
The IDF has arrested an Iranian state-run media journalist, Naqqa Hamed, who works for Press TV, near Bethlehem in the West Bank. According to an IDF source, Hamed and a camera crew were stopped at a checkpoint by Israeli forces, who searched them before arresting Hamed. Iran's Press TV claimed that Hamed was subjected to an online smear campaign, which led to her arrest, and accused those questioning her online of attempting to obstruct Press TV's reporting.
Hamed was transferred to Israel Police custody, not to the Shin Bet, despite Iranian allegations to the contrary.
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