A BBC Arabic team was driving to back to a hotel when they were stopped and dragged from their car.

Muhannad Tutunji, Haitham Abudiab and their BBC Arabic team were driving to a hotel when their car was intercepted.

They were dragged from the vehicle - marked “TV” in red tape - searched and pushed against a wall.

A BBC spokesperson said journalists “must be able to report on the conflict in Israel-Gaza freely”.

Mr Tutunji and Mr Abudiab said they identified themselves as BBC journalists and showed police their press ID cards.

While attempting to film the incident, Mr Tutunji said his phone was thrown on the ground and he was struck on the neck.

“One of our BBC News Arabic teams deployed in Tel Aviv, in a vehicle clearly marked as media, was stopped and assaulted last night by Israeli police. Journalists must be able to report on the conflict in Israel-Gaza freely,” a BBC spokesperson said.

The BBC has contacted Israeli police for comment.

  • bunnyfc@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    That’s up to history, sadly, whether it’s genocide or not. Genocide has many characteristics, it’s not only killing a population by guns or other means.

    The definition of genocide does not care about the means, only about the goal or result.