Farah Abu Ayyash, the Palestinian journalist of Tasnim in the city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), located in the southern West Bank, was arrested during a night raid by Israeli soldiers on August 6, 2025, at her home in the village of Beit Ummar, north of Al-Khalil.
After being transferred to Moskobiya prison in northern occupied Jerusalem (Al-Quds), she was subjected to torture, harassment, and abuse.
Tasnim, in line with its inherent mission, intended to respond to this heinous action by the Zionist regime as soon as the courageous and committed journalist was detained. However, after consultation with a number of intermediary reporters and the lawyer of the Palestinian journalist, as well as considering Ms. Abu Ayyash's personal concerns about the legal proceedings in Israeli courts and the potential risks that Israeli military forces might pose to her family members, it was decided to refrain from publishing information about the case.
Nevertheless, following the publication of Abu Ayyash's comments from inside the notorious Israeli prisons, detailing the torture and abuse inflicted upon her by the Israeli prison guards, and after further consultation with her lawyer, Tasnim had no choice but to officially announce the news.
The decision was made in order to raise awareness about the severe consequences of the inhumane and insane actions of the Israeli regime against the innocent Palestinian journalist.
Months of imprisonment and detention —and ultimately the savage torture carried out by the Zionists against Abu Ayyash— occurred despite the fact that, in her numerous reports for Tasnim News Agency as a journalist, she merely sought to describe the inhumane and anti-human dimensions of the Zionist occupation against the oppressed people of Palestine in the West Bank, and to express solidarity with the oppressed people of Gaza following the brutal attack of the Israeli regime on the enclave in October 2023.
Contrary to the claims of the Zionist regime, Farah Abu Ayyash had no involvement beyond the responsibilities expected of a journalist throughout her cooperation with Tasnim.