Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera said Israeli forces had beaten its correspondent Ismail Alghoul following his arrest during a raid on Monday on Gaza's largest hospital.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera said Israeli forces had beaten its correspondent Ismail Alghoul following his arrest during a raid on Monday on Gaza's largest hospital.The Israeli army said it was battling Hamas militants at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, where witnesses reported air strikes and tanks near the facility which was crowded with patients and displaced people.Al Jazeera said late Monday Alghoul had been released.
The United States, Israel's close ally, said it had asked the Israeli government for more information."We have been very clear that journalists play a vital role and that no journalists should be targeted in order to silence their voices in this conflict or any other," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters.Last month the network accused Israel of systematically targeting Al Jazeera employees working in the Gaza Strip.
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