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On Tuesday, Israeli forces detained Palestinian American journalist Naqaa Hamed in the occupied West Bank as she returned from a reporting assignment on escalating settler violence.

Israeli soldiers detained Hamed with two other journalists at a checkpoint near Bethlehem, and questioned her about her journalism and the stories she was reporting. The two other journalists were released, and Hamed was taken into Israeli custody.

Hamed is a freelance journalist who has reported for numerous international outlets, including Drop Site News, Turkish Radio and Television Corp (TRT), and Press TV.

Israeli settlers have been targeting Hamed in an online smear campaign over the past month, calling for her arrest since she began her coverage of the Israeli siege in the village of Qusra.

In mid-August, Israeli settlers surrounded and besieged the homes of Palestinians in Qusra, a village near the West Bank city of Nablus. With the Israeli military largely standing by, settlers cut off residents’ access to water and electricity, and threw stones at residents to intimidate them and prevent them from leaving. The settlers besieged the homes for a month, and continue to attack and intimidate residents.

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