More than 250 media outlets protest over Israel murdering Gaza journalists

Media outlets person staged a beforehand leafage protestation to item the killings of much than 200 journalists successful 22 months.

More than 250 media outlets successful implicit 70 countries person staged a front leafage protest highlighting the sidesplitting of much than 200 journalists successful Israel’s warfare connected Gaza, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) media state radical says.

“At the complaint journalists are being killed successful Gaza by the Israeli army, determination volition soon beryllium no-one near to support you informed,” the group’s wide director, Thibaut Bruttin, said successful a connection connected Monday.

The protest, besides supported by the planetary run question Avaaz, was featured connected the websites of quality outlets including Al Jazeera, the British paper The Independent, French newspapers La Croix and L’Humanite, and the German newspapers Tageszeitung and Frankfurter Rundschau, according to RSF.

About 220 journalists person been killed during Israel’s war successful Gaza since it began connected October 7, 2023, according to RSF data. Independent investigation by Al Jazeera reveals that astatine slightest 278 journalists and media workers person been killed by Israel implicit the past 22 months, including 10 from the network.

Monday’s protestation was staged a week aft five journalists – Al Jazeera’s Mohammad Salama, Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri, freelance writer Mariam Abu Daqqa moving for The Associated Press, Ahmed Abu Aziz and Moaz Abu Taha – were killed successful 2 Israeli strikes connected Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis successful confederate Gaza.

Earlier successful August, six journalists, including Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, were killed successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected a structure sheltering media workers extracurricular the main gross of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital. The onslaught targeted al-Sharif.

In total, 7 radical were killed successful the attack, including 3 different Al Jazeera unit – analogous Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, 25, and Mohammed Noufal, 29.

(Al Jazeera)

Those participating successful the protestation “demand an extremity to impunity for Israeli crimes against Gaza’s reporters, the exigency evacuation of reporters seeking to permission the Strip and that overseas property beryllium granted autarkic access”, the RSF connection said.

The media radical said it has filed 4 complaints astatine the International Criminal Court for warfare crimes it said the Israeli service has committed against journalists successful Gaza.

International media person been denied escaped entree to the Gaza Strip since the warfare broke out.

A fewer selected outlets person embedded reporters with Israeli service units operating successful Gaza nether the information of strict subject censorship.

Israel has killed astatine slightest 63,459 Palestinians successful Gaza, astir of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.