❗️Report finds Israel deliberately targeted journalists and media tents in Gaza
❗️Report finds Israel deliberately targeted journalists and media tents in Gaza
A new report by the Freedoms Committee of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate accuses Israel of deliberately targeting journalists and media infrastructure in Gaza, including tents near hospitals and UN-run shelters. The report says areas of displacement were hit by sniper fire and precision weapons, killing journalists who had taken refuge after being forcibly displaced.
The committee described the attacks, which destroyed media offices and killed reporters in their homes and shelters, as systematic efforts to silence witnesses and obstruct documentation of events. It stressed that such targeting constitutes a war crime under Article 79 of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions.
The syndicate called for an independent international commission and ICC involvement to investigate these crimes, urging cooperation with UNESCO and the International Federation of Journalists to provide urgent protection. It cited the August airstrike that killed six journalists, including Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, outside Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital as a clear example of deliberate targeting.
