Door to Channel 12 news offices smashed by masked assailant in Tel Aviv

The glass entrance to the Channel 12 news offices in Tel Aviv was smashed in an overnight attack on Sunday, the latest apparent violent incident targeting journalists and the media in Israel.

Security camera footage published by the outlet showed a masked suspect walking up to the glass door and throwing a brick, which bounced off without damaging it. The suspect then threw a second brick at the door, this time shattering the glass, before running away.

The timestamp on the footage showed that the incident took place shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday.

In a statement, Channel 12 said it was “shocked but not surprised” by the incident, and demanded that the Israel Police act to stop the rising threat of violence against journalists and media outlets.

“The Israeli government and the communications minister must stop their inflammatory and unbridled attacks against the free press,” the statement from the news outlet added.

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The Union of Journalists in Israel condemned the overnight attack and called on the police “to act quickly and seriously to bring to justice those who try to harm journalists and media outlets.”

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אלמוני רעול פנים מנפץ את דלת הכניסה לאולפני חדשות 12, הלילה בת"א.

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Police have opened an investigation into the incident, which came a month after graffiti inciting violence against Israel’s three main broadcast media networks — Channels 12 and 13 and the Kan public broadcaster, also known as Channel 11 — as well as several journalists, was daubed near the Channel 12 office.

“Hello traitors, 11, 12, 13,” proclaimed the graffiti. “Peleg, Abramovich, Drucker, criminals. You will pay with the blood of your loved ones.”

The journalists named in the graffiti message were Channel 12’s Guy Peleg and Amnon Abramovich, and Channel 13’s Raviv Drucker.

Peleg has been the target of a far-right harassment campaign since 2024, when he aired leaked footage from the Sde Teiman holding facility depicting the alleged abuse of a Gazan detainee at the hands of soldiers.

Threatening graffiti calling for “the blood of the traitors” was also found outside the Channel 13 offices in Tel Aviv in November.

In addition to incitement campaigns orchestrated by right-wing activists, Israel’s mainstream news outlets have been repeatedly targeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has been waging a years-long crusade to dismantle and weaken the free press.

The coalition is hoping to pass a series of bills before the current Knesset session ends later this month. The bills, if passed, would place Kan’s budget under government control and give the government significant control over broadcast media, news sites, and other media through a new regulatory council.

Netanyahu rarely sits for interviews with any channel other than the hawkish and sympathetic Channel 14, and has launched vitriolic attacks against journalists, accusing them of publishing “fake news” and “spreading lies.”