Israeli forces storm northern Gaza hospital, assassinate Lebanese journalists; Israeli legislature poised to ban primary humanitarian aid org in Gaza; some US voices try to erase Palestine from discourse; more.
Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul was assassinated by Israel in the line of duty as he covered the commemoration of Ismail Haniyeh. He and another journalist who was a part of his team were in a clearly identifiable press vehicle when a missile directly hit them. It killed both reporters and a young boy walking by.
Does the Israeli gov’t target members of the press? In a massive collaborative effort, journalists & specialists pieced together evidence that answer this question with a resounding Yes.
A Washington Post investigation reveals that yet another Israeli claim used to justify killing Palestinians was fraudulent…
Yet another significant report points to Israeli guilt in the death of Shireen Abu Akleh: new forensic analysis shows she was “deliberately and repeatedly targeted” by an Israeli military sniper taking “precise and careful aim.” Palestinians filing at the ICC state that her assassination was in the context of wider “systematic targeting” of Palestinian journalists by Israeli occupation forces.