The Stockholm Center for Freedom stated, citing the Times of Israel, that Israeli journalist Ali Mograbi was seized on air in Istanbul on Monday while covering an Israeli couple detained by Turkish officials.

Mograbi, a reporter on Channel 13, was later released.

When Mograbi began broadcasting live from the street, police officers instructed him to stop. They then took him away and made sure he had erased all of his images before releasing him and warning him not to leave his hotel, according to Mograbi.
Last Thursday, Turkish authorities detained Natalie and Mordi Oknin for photographing President Recep Tayyip Erdoan's Üsküdar house. They claim they had no idea it was prohibited to do so.

From the tower's windows, the pair allegedly went a restaurant atop amlca Tower and snapped shots of the surrounding buildings, including the Turkish president's mansion.

A police report was filed after a staff member at the tower claimed he overheard the pair discussing photographing Erdoan's home. The duo was eventually apprehended by the Istanbul Police Department's counterterrorism unit.

Turkey, which is one of the world's worst jailers of professional journalists, has now targeted international journalists as part of an ever-escalating crackdown on press freedom and expression.