Israel Hamas War: The Israeli army has arrested Mirwat al-Azeh, a Palestinian freelancer working for the American news channel NBC News, on charges of inciting terror and having links with a terrorist organization. After his arrest, NBC News has terminated all its contracts with Mirwat.
Mirwat al-Azeh, who lives in East Jerusalem, has been jailed for four Facebook posts related to the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, according to the Jerusalem Post. However, there is no information about what Mirwat had written in the Facebook post. It is unclear what Al-Azeh, 45, wrote in those posts, but according to the Jerusalem Post, police described Mirwat at a hearing in the Jerusalem Magistrates Court as “inciting and glorifying horrific acts committed against civilians.” has told.
What did NBC say?
NBC News said that Mirwat is no longer able to work with them. An NBC spokesperson said, “We recently hired Mirwat as a freelancer; we did not have information about his personal and social media information, which is the basis of the Israeli investigation.”
Arrested after writing phone number on leg
Mirwat was hired by ABP as a freelance producer. The New York Post quoted an NBC channel insider as saying that NBC News was reviewing Mirwat’s past work to work with him but did not come across any such issue.
According to the Jerusalem Post report, Israeli officials said that Al-Azeh had come to the police to submit to arrest. She had already made up her mind for this. She had reached the police without her mobile. But she had come with phone numbers written on her feet.
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