Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi, who has been imprisoned by Israel for almost a year, is now at risk of dying, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate has warned. Al-Samoudi, 59, was one of the journalists with Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh when she was fatally shot in the head by an Israeli sniper in Jenin, the occupied West Bank, in May 2022. He was arrested by Israeli forces in April last year during an early morning raid on his son’s home in Jenin on charges of allegedly transferring funds to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which Israel considers a terrorist organisation. Israel later said it found 'no sufficient evidence' against him. Since May 2025, al-Samoudi, who was also injured by gunfire when Abu Akleh was killed, has been under arbitrary detention. In a statement issued in January, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said al-Samoudi has not been granted a fair trial and that his arrest is 'a blatant violation of international law and press freedom'. The syndicate also warned 'that his life is now at risk' due to the harsh and inhumane treatment he has been experiencing in prison. Israel initially arrested al-Samoudi on charges of funding terrorism. He was detained in a military barracks in Jenin, then transferred to the Jalameh detention centre, near Haifa in Israel, and later to Megiddo prison in northern Israel. On May 8, 2025, an Israeli court issued an administrative detention order against him for a period of six months. This was because the Israeli army said it did not have 'sufficient evidence' to formally charge him. In a statement, the Israeli army said the order was justified as al-Samoudi’s 'presence' posed 'a danger to the security of the region'. Since then, al-Samoudi has been held in administrative detention and his detention order has been repeatedly renewed. In January this year, Israel extended al-Samoudi’s detention for the third time, for an additional four months. Administrative detention is a protocol under which a person can be imprisoned without charge or trial for an unspecified time period. According to B’Tselem, the Israel Prison Service was holding 3,474 Palestinians in administrative detention at the end of September 2025.