After journalist Al-Khatib was transferred to administrative detention, the number of journalists under administrative detention rose to 22.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the occupation authorities continue to escalate their targeting of journalists through the policy of administrative detention, as the number of journalists administratively detained in Israeli occupation prisons, under the pretext of the existence of a "secret file", has risen to (22) journalists, the last of whom is journalist Ahmed Al-Khatib, who was issued an administrative detention order for a period of six months. These are among (55) journalists in occupation prisons, including (49) who have been detained since the beginning of the genocide.

The Prisoners Club stated that the number of arrests and detentions of journalists recorded since the beginning of the genocide has reached at least (192) cases.

The club added that the increase in the number of journalists under administrative detention comes in light of the historically unprecedented escalation in the number of administrative detainees in occupation prisons, which reached (3,562) detainees by the beginning of last June.

By arresting journalists, the occupation authorities aim to silence their voices in the face of the horrific crimes committed by the occupation, target the Palestinian narrative, and impose further censorship and control over their work. We note here the case of journalist Nidal Abu Aker from Bethlehem, one of the longest-serving administrative detainees, having been detained by the occupation since August 1, 2022. He previously spent nearly 20 years in Israeli prisons, most of which were held under administrative detention.

In addition to the crime of administrative detention, the occupation continues to target journalists through what it calls detention based on "incitement" on social media. This form of detention has become a tool for suppressing freedom of opinion and expression, and has become another form of the crime of administrative detention. The majority of those arrested based on "incitement," against whom the occupation was unable to file indictments, were subsequently transferred to administrative detention.

Journalists detained in the occupation's prisons and camps face all the same crimes as prisoners, including systematic torture, severe beatings, starvation, and medical neglect, in addition to the ongoing humiliation and abuse they are subjected to. This is in addition to the ongoing policies of theft and deprivation against them, and their detention in harsh and degrading detention conditions.