By Committee To Protect Journalists
Photos: YouTube Screenshots
Israeli forces killed nine Palestinian journalists in Gaza between December 14 and 26, prompting CPJ to renew its calls for the international community to hold Israel accountable for its attacks on the media.
Five of the journalists, who worked for Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, a channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group, were killed in a December 26 strike on their vehicle outside Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. The Associated Press reported that footage showed the van had visible press markings.
“CPJ denounces Israel’s killing of five journalists working for Al-Quds Al-Youm TV,” said Carlos Martinez de la Serna, CPJ’s program director in New York. “The Israeli strike on their vehicle, which was clearly marked ‘Press,’ means that at least nine Gazan journalists have been killed in less than two weeks. The international community must act now to protect Palestinian journalists in Gaza and end Israel’s impunity for these killings.”
An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson posted on social media platform X that those killed on December 26 were militants posing as journalists.
Earlier in December, Israeli forces killed four journalists in separate strikes on December 14 and 15.
