They claimed his report contained secret and sensitive information about missile strikes that could be used by Iran to recalibrate future attacks.
The others were Israeli, so they received lighter penalties. Loffredo was the only American and technically not breaking the law, which made him a target.
He was kept in solitary confinement for three and a half days with very little food or water, treated harshly by prison guards.
A judge ruled that his reporting was not a threat and that Israeli media had published the same information without issue.
He was informally deported, with his case left open to dissuade him from returning to Israel.
He suspected it was due to his anti-Zionist perspective and the sensitive nature of his previous reporting on Israeli policies and actions.
Earlier in October the Grayzone reporter Jeremy Loffredo traveled to Israel to report on the ongoing conflict between Israel and its neighbors in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Iran. In response to his reporting, Israeli authorities arrested Loffredo and placed him in solitary confinement for three days, during which he was subjected to grueling interrogation. Guest hosts Russell Dobular and Keaton Weiss talk to Loffredo about his harrowing experience and just why Israel is so threatened by his reporting, as well as interviews he conducted with Israelis at the Gaza border denying aid trucks access to the starving Palestinian people. Plus a segment on a recent Trump ad targeting older Jewish voters playing on their fear of Palestinians.