The deaths of five journalists this week in an Israeli airstrike, while they were reporting from the supposedly safe confines of a hospital in southern Gaza, underscored how deadly the 22-month conflict has been for those trying to report about what is happening on the ground.
Israel’s intent to annihilate Gaza would have been clear much sooner had we listened to Palestinian journalists, rather than the evasions and equivocations of mainstream media
The Israeli army carried out a ‘double-tap’ strike on the Nasser Hospital in Gaza, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Al Jazeera, Reuters, and the Associated Press.
Valerie Zink said Reuters’ reporting has contributed to the systematic killing of journalists in Gaza, calling it a “betrayal” of the profession.
Establishment media reported on the murders of Gaza’s journalists using the same Zionist talking points that enabled their killings – the Israeli narrative.
Mohamed Salama and Ahmed Abu Aziz were among 19 killed, after Israeli forces ambushed bystanders and first responders at Khan Younis hospital
From the outset of Israel’s war on Gaza, it was clear that the assault was being waged not only against buildings and bodies, but also against facts and the people who bring them to light
Palestinian journalists live through the same brutal conditions they cover — and describe a pattern of direct targeting by Israeli forces.
The Foreign Press Association demands that Israel lift the media blockade on Gaza now. If it does not, Israel’s Supreme Court must intervene.
Israel’s former top military officer, General Aviv Kohavi, held private meetings with the editors of major British news organizations one month after the Gaza bombing began to ‘cultivate support’ for Gaza genocide.