Warning of the deteriorating health of journalist Ali Al-Samoudi, who is detained by the occupation.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate warned on Sunday of the deteriorating health of journalist Ali al-Samoudi (58 years old), who has been detained in Israeli occupation prisons since April 29.

The union explained in a statement that "Al-Samoudi suffers from chronic illnesses and requires ongoing medical care, and that the continued medical neglect he faces in the occupation's prisons puts his life at grave risk."

She said that Al-Samoudi also suffers from bullet fragments in his head, which he sustained during his journalistic coverage years ago.

The union called on all international and human rights organizations to "take immediate action and apply pressure to save Samoudi's life."

It is worth noting that journalist Ali Al-Samoudi covers events and developments in Jenin and has been injured several times by Israeli occupation forces. The most serious incident occurred when occupation forces killed colleague Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11, 2022. He and other colleagues were with her while covering an Israeli military incursion into the Jenin refugee camp.

Since the beginning of the Israeli war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, Israel has arrested and detained 177 journalists, 49 of whom remain in its prisons, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club.

On May 16, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate reported that it had documented approximately 80 Israeli crimes, attacks, and violations against Palestinian journalists in Gaza and the West Bank during April alone.

On Wednesday, the Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip announced in a statement that 221 journalists in the Strip had been killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the war on October 7, 2023.

Since the beginning of the war, Palestinian journalists have faced harsh, life-threatening conditions on a daily basis. Dozens of them have been killed while covering the conflict, despite wearing press vests and stationing themselves in well-known locations.