Two Palestinian television stations in the West Bank city of Ramallah came overnight under attack by Israeli occupation Troops.

Two Palestinian television stations in the West Bank city of Ramallah came overnight under attack by Israeli occupation Troops.

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Employees said that occupation soldiers seized computers and broadcasting equipments of Watan Television, a local private station, and Quds Educational Television, affiliated with the Palestinian Al-Quds University.

“They came at 2 am (0000 GMT) and took around 30 computers and all the transmitters. The station is totally shut down," Watan's editor in Chief Ali Daraghmeh said.

"One of our guards tried to stop the army, but they told him they had official orders to close the station," he added.
Haroun Abu Arra, director of Quds Educational TV, said troops raided his station shortly afterwards.

"At 3:00 am (0100 GMT), the Israeli army entered the television station's office and took all the transmitters, and the station is now unable to broadcast," he said.

Journalists said they would hold a demonstration in Ramallah's central square later on Wednesday to protest against the raid.