CNN Journalist Put In Chokehold By IDF Soldiers
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers put CNN photojournalist Cyril Theophilos in a chokehold before detaining him and a group of journalists.
The CNN team was interviewing Palestinians in the West Bank town of Tayasir when IDF soldiers pointed weapons at the group and detained them for two hours, CNN reported.
The crew was reporting on recent settler attacks on Palestinians, including one attack that left 75-year-old Abdullah Daraghmeh with a fractured skull, the outlet reported.
Israeli settlers attacks – which are increasingly described as Jewish terrorism by Israeli human rights activists and journalists – have spiked in recent weeks amid the war with Iran, which has consumed public attention.
Lying in his hospital bed, Abdullah Daraghmeh is a… pic.twitter.com/ltJDxcp6Op
— Abeer Salman (@AbeerSalmanCNN) March 28, 2026
The attack comes amid a larger trend of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Last year marked a record high for settlement expansion since the United Nations began tracking settler activity, the BBC reported.
According to the Times of Israel, more than 500,000 Israelis live in West Bank settlements and outposts in addition to approximately 3 million Palestinians. (Read more from “CNN Journalist Put In Chokehold By IDF Soldiers” HERE)
