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Palestinian media: West Bank director of Hezbollah-linked Lebanese media outlet arrested by IDF
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Palestinian media reports that Nasser Laham, the West Bank director of Al-Mayadeen — a Lebanese channel affiliated with Hezbollah — was arrested overnight by the IDF at his home in Bethlehem.
Laham is a veteran Palestinian journalist who has maintained ties with Israeli reporters for many years.
There is no comment from the Israel Defense Forces.
Last year, the Israeli government approved a proposal to block Al-Mayadeen, and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi signed an order to confiscate the network’s equipment and block its websites in Israel.
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