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(Share)         (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google     (Israeli security forces raid the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank, September 4, 2026) (Israeli security forces raid the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank, September 4, 2026)   Israeli security forces raid the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank, September 4, 2026 (photo credit: NASSER ISHTAYEH/FLASH90 )    By (https://www.jpost.com/author/tzvi-jasper) TZVI JASPER ,  (https://www.jpost.com/author/yonah-jeremy-bob) YONAH JEREMY BOB ,  (https://www.jpost.com/author/jerusalem-post-staff) JERUSALEM POST STAFF    SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 12:03  Updated:  SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 12:13   An Iranian state-run media outlet claimed that one of its (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-908693) journalists , Naqqa Hamed, was arrested by Israeli forces near Bethlehem in the (https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-908442) West Bank on Tuesday.  An IDF source confirmed the arrest of a Press TV journalist to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.   According to (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-908693) Iran ’s state-run English-language news site, Press TV, Palestinian-American correspondent Hamed and a camera crew were stopped at a checkpoint in the area by Israeli forces, who allegedly searched them before arresting Hamed.  Hamed’s cameraman was allegedly released, while she remained in custody.  Hamed was transferred to Israel Police, and not to Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), despite Iranian allegations that Shin Bet has her in detention; the IDF source confirmed to the Post .   Press TV claims Hamed targeted in online 'smear campaign'  Press TV claimed that Hamed’s arrest came after she had been subjected to an online “smear campaign,” during which she was repeatedly probed on how she could continue working for the Iranian outlet while in Area B of the (https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-908007) West Bank without being arrested.  (Israeli security forces seen during a raid in the West Bank village of Salem, near Nablus, on August 2, 2026.)  Israeli security forces seen during a raid in the West Bank village of Salem, near Nablus, on August 2, 2026. (credit: NASSER ISHTAYEH/FLASH90)    They accused those who questioned Hamed online of attempting to “exert psychological and media pressure” in order to obstruct Press TV’s reporting.  Press TV also claimed that Hamed had previously clashed with (https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-908721) Israeli forces while reporting in Kalandiya.     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