Qatari Al Jazeera TV said Sunday morning that Israeli forces stormed its bureau in the West Bank city of Ramallah with a military order to close it for 45 days.
The Qatar-based channel aired live footage of Israeli troops rushing into the channel's office and handing over a military closure order to one of the Al Jazeera TV staff members before the broadcast was disrupted.
In a statement, the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate condemned the Israeli move, saying "this arbitrary military decision is considered a new violation against journalistic and media works, which has been exposing the occupation’s crimes against the Palestinian people."
In May, Israeli authorities raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office after the government decided to shut down the AL Jazeera TV station's local operations, saying it threatened national security.
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