Israel Jails American Journalist for Reporting on Iranian Missile Strikes

Jeremy Loffredo, a reporter for The Grayzone, is facing charges for his journalism

by Dave DeCamp October 10, 2024 at 2:52 pm ET 

CategoriesNewsTagsIsrael, Palestine

Jeremy Loffredo, an American journalist for The Grayzone, has been arrested by the Israeli military for his reporting inside Israel.

Loffredo was jailed just a few days after releasing a report on Iranian missile strikes in Israel, information the Israeli military has been trying to censor. According to the Israeli news site Ynet, because of the report, Loffredo faces charges of “aiding the enemy during wartime and providing information to the enemy.”

Representatives from the US embassy attended a hearing on a police request to extend Loffredo’s detention, but so far, the US government has been silent and has not publicly called for his release.

The report Loffredo released before being arrested by the Israeli military

“Israel is detaining and prosecuting an American journalist for doing journalism. Will his media colleagues defend him?” Aaron Maté, a journalist for The Grayzone, wrote on X.

An independent journalist who was arrested alongside Loffredo but has since been released said they were beaten and blindfolded by the Israeli military.

“Today I was beaten, kidnapped, blindfolded and taken to a military base by the Israeli Occupation Forces, together with 4 other journalists,” the journalist, Andrey X, wrote on X. “Two of us were held for 11 hours without charges, my phone was confiscated (stolen), and one of us is still in custody.”

British journalist Kit Klarenberg, a contributor to The Grayzone, is asking people to contact the US embassy in Israel (JerusalemACS@state.gov) and urge pressure on the Israeli government to release Loffredo.

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