Palestinian reporter for Iranian news agency beaten in West Bank

• A Palestinian reporter working for an Iranian news agency was temporarily seized, beaten and threatened by Palestinian gunmen.
• Samer Khuaira had covered the violent dispersal of a student rally in the West Bank earlier this week.
• He identified one of his captors as a member of the security forces.

A Palestinian reporter working for an Iranian news agency was temporarily seized, beaten and threatened by Palestinian gunmen after covering the violent dispersal of a student rally in the West Bank earlier this week.

As per the Iranian news agency, the guys pushed Samer Khuaira into a car at gunpoint, assaulted him, and threatened him on Tuesday.

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He was released almost half an hour later.

On Thursday, Iranian news claimed that Khuaira identified one of his captors as a member of the Palestinian security forces.

The Palestinian Journalists’ Union denounced their colleague’s assault.

No reaction was given by Palestinian officials.

On Tuesday morning, security personnel at Al-Najah University in Nablus violently dispersed the students.

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Fatah controls the security agencies that operate in Israeli-occupied West Bank areas where the PA has limited power