Hundreds of media institutions demand the protection of journalists from Gaza / reporters without borders: 220 journalists were killed by the Israeli army in less than 23 months
Five journalists killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza at the end of August. Photo: AA / Abaca / Abaca Press / Profimedia
“At the rate at which journalists are killed in the Gaza by the Israeli army, there will be no one to inform you,” warns the call supported by hundreds of media institutions from over 50 countries, including Hotnews, Snoop and more platforms and organizations in Romania.
Hundreds of media institutions, gathered by the campaign platform, and reporters without borders (RSF), “calls for the protection of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the emergency evacuation of reporters who want to leave the Gaza strip, ceasing for Israeli crimes against the reporters in Gaza, Respectively, ”announces an RSF statement.
Video five journalists, some of the teams Reuters, AP and Jazeera, among the 20 people killed by an Israeli attack on a Gaza Hospital / What Israel says
According to RSF data, 220 journalists were killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza strip in less than 23 months.
On the night of August 10, the Israeli army killed six journalists in an attack on the correspondent Al-Jazeera, Anas Al-Sharif. Less than a week ago, on Monday, on August 25, the Israeli army killed five journalists in two consecutive attacks.
Call supported by hundreds of media institutions from 50 countries
Hundreds of media institutions from over 50 countries support the call for the protection of journalists from the Gaza Strip, along with the RSF and AVAZ.
Hotnews has signed this call, along with several media institutions and platforms in Romania: Snoop, Activewatch, Atlatszo Erdely, Journalist's House, Center for Investigative Media, Rights and Strambu, Freedom House, Gen, News, Inquam Photos, Misreport, Public Record, Recorder, Rise Project, Scene 9, Status.
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The campaign advocates for the protection of the Palestinian journalists and the sanction of crimes committed by the Israeli army against journalists in the Gaza strip.
Also, the signatories require independent access for the foreign press in the Gaza strip.
At the same time, governments around the world are required to host Palestinian journalists who want to be evacuated from Gaza.
UN has asked justice
The United Nations Human Rights Office insisted that “justice must be done” after at least 20 people-including five journalists-were killed on August 25 in a double Israeli attack on a hospital in southern Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month an investigation into Nasser Hospital attacks and said that Israel “deeply regrets” what he called “a tragic accident.”
The UN asks for “justice”, after the double attack on a hospital in Gaza, who killed 20 people, including five journalists
However, in the statement made to reporters in Geneva, a spokesman for the UN Human Rights Office stressed that “these investigations must give results,” writes BBC.
“These journalists are the eyes and ears of the whole world and must be protected,” said Thameen al-Kheetan at a press conference.
“Right must be done. I have not yet seen results or measures of responsibility,” he said, recalling that Israel has promised such investigations in the past.
