Al Jazeera renews pledge to seek justice for Shireen Abu Akleh
1 year, 7 months ago

Al Jazeera renews pledge to seek justice for Shireen Abu Akleh

Al Jazeera  

The Doha-based network demands accountability for the killing of its journalist on the first anniversary of her death. Al Jazeera Media Network has renewed its demand for accountability in the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces on the first anniversary of her death. “The Network renews its appeal to international human rights and press freedom organisations to continue to support Shireen’s case and help end impunity for crimes against journalists,” Doha-based Al Jazeera said in a statement on Thursday. “Al Jazeera Media Network remains committed to its pledge to Shireen’s family and colleagues to seek justice for Shireen by pursuing all possible avenues to ensure her killers are held accountable, including through the International Criminal Court in the Hague,” it said. Multiple media outlets, including an investigation by Al Jazeera, and the UN human rights body have said Israeli forces were responsible for Abu Akleh’s killing.

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Media freedom watchdog decries Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza
1 week, 1 day ago

Media freedom watchdog decries Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

CPJ says the Israeli military ‘continues to act with total impunity when it comes to the killing of journalists’. The Committee to Protect Journalists has denounced Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the past week as the Israeli military intensifies its bombardment of the besieged territory. “Israel is responsible for two-thirds of those deaths and yet continues …

Palestinian journalist, Gaza Civil Defence workers killed in Israeli strike
1 week, 2 days ago

Palestinian journalist, Gaza Civil Defence workers killed in Israeli strike

Al Jazeera  

Ahmed al-Louh is the third journalist killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours. An Israeli air strike has killed Palestinian journalist Ahmed al-Louh and five Palestinian Civil Defence workers in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp. Al-Louh had been covering Israel’s war on Gaza when it first began in October 2023, embedded with the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian Civil Defence teams, Al …

Media groups condemn Israel over Gaza journalist ‘massacre’
1 week, 5 days ago

Media groups condemn Israel over Gaza journalist ‘massacre’

Al Jazeera  

Two separate reports from media freedom organisations that analysed the deaths of reporters worldwide this year found Israel carried out a “massacre” of journalists in Gaza, an accusation denied by the Israeli government. An annual report published by Reporters Without Borders on Thursday found the Israeli army killed 18 journalists – two in Lebanon and 16 in Gaza – as …

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says
4 weeks ago

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon last month was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime, an international human rights group said Monday. Human Rights Watch determined that Israeli forces carried out the Oct. 25 attack using an air-dropped bomb equipped with a U.S.-produced Joint Direct Attack …

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says
4 weeks ago

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says

The Independent  

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Israel deliberately killed three Lebanon journalists, rights watchdog says
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel deliberately killed three Lebanon journalists, rights watchdog says

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch says the Israeli attack on the journalists in October was carried out using a US-produced bomb. An Israeli air attack that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon in October was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch has said. In a report published on Monday, Human Rights …

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says
4 weeks, 1 day ago

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says

LA Times  

A journalist observes the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing journalists, killing three media staffers from two different news agencies, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency, in Hasbaya village, southeast Lebanon, on Oct. 25. An Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon last month was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians …

Al Jazeera War Crimes: A Call for International Action
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Al Jazeera War Crimes: A Call for International Action

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera, a prominent news network, has demanded protection for its journalists in Gaza. The network has been targeted and killed by Israeli forces, including Al Jazeera journalists, since the start of the Israeli assault in October 2023. Al Jazeera has condemned the systematic targeting of journalists and called for their immediate protection. The network also highlighted the restrictions on …

Israeli strikes kill 38 in Gaza’s Khan Younis and three journalists in southern Lebanon
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israeli strikes kill 38 in Gaza’s Khan Younis and three journalists in southern Lebanon

The Independent  

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An Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, state news says
1 month, 4 weeks ago

An Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, state news says

The Independent  

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Israeli airstrike in southeast Lebanon kills three journalists as they sleep
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israeli airstrike in southeast Lebanon kills three journalists as they sleep

LA Times  

A vehicle marked “PRESS” sits at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing journalists, killing three, in southeast Lebanon on Friday. “CPJ is deeply outraged by yet another deadly Israeli airstrike on journalists, this time hitting a compound hosting 18 members of the press in south Lebanon,” said the organization’s program director, Carlos Martinez de la Serna. …

Beirut hit by multiple Israeli air strikes as claims of journalists working for Hamas labelled 'fabricated'
2 months ago

Beirut hit by multiple Israeli air strikes as claims of journalists working for Hamas labelled 'fabricated'

ABC  

Israel has accused six Palestinian journalists of working for Hamas and Islamic Jihad, claims which the Al Jazeera media network has rejected as an attempt to silence them. "Al Jazeera condemns Israeli accusations against its journalists in Gaza and warns against being a justification for targeting them," the network said in a statement on Wednesday. Six buildings destroyed in Beirut, …

Israel accuses 6 Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being Palestinian militants
2 months ago

Israel accuses 6 Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being Palestinian militants

The Independent  

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Israeli attacks against journalists, media freedom decried at UNSC
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Israeli attacks against journalists, media freedom decried at UNSC

Al Jazeera  

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu says attacks are meant to prevent the world from knowing what is happening in Gaza. “ journalists from Palestine, Lebanon and Al Jazeera who Israel has killed or closed their offices while they risk everything to ensure we don’t all return to a world where children and babies die in silence, perish in darkness,” Maldives President …

Israeli forces raid, shut down Al Jazeera’s Ramallah bureau in the West Bank
3 months ago

Israeli forces raid, shut down Al Jazeera’s Ramallah bureau in the West Bank

LA Times  

Al Jazeera broadcast engineer Mohammad Salameh works in the master control room at the network’s office in the West Bank city of Ramallah in May. Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster …

Two Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Two Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

The Independent  

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Al Jazeera refutes ‘baseless’ Israeli allegations against Ismail al-Ghoul
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Al Jazeera refutes ‘baseless’ Israeli allegations against Ismail al-Ghoul

Al Jazeera  

During its war on Gaza, Israel has claimed its bombings of journalists and civilian targets were strikes against Hamas. Al Jazeera has “strongly” rejected “baseless” Israeli allegations that the network’s correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul, who was killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza, was a Hamas operative. Al Jazeera Media Network said the accusation against al-Ghoul “highlights Israel’s long history of …

Al-Jazeera says two of its journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Al-Jazeera says two of its journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Two Al-Jazeera reporters were killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Wednesday, the satellite news network said, the latest Palestinian journalists working with the Qatari network to be killed in the war-torn enclave. The two journalists had been reporting together at the Shati Refugee Camp, the birthplace of slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who …

Al Jazeera journalist, cameraman killed in Israeli attack on Gaza
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Al Jazeera journalist, cameraman killed in Israeli attack on Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi killed in Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, in Israeli strike on their vehicle. Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi have been killed in an Israeli air attack on the Gaza Strip. “This latest attack on Al Jazeera journalists is part of a systematic targeting campaign against the network’s …

Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

CNN  

CNN — Two Al Jazeera correspondents were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Al-Shati refugee camp, northern Gaza, on Wednesday, sparking condemnation from advocacy groups and highlighting the dangers for local reporters covering the horrors of Israel’s offensive. Al Jazeera condemned what it claimed was the “targeted assassination” of its journalists by Israeli forces, claiming the attack was “part of …

Five journalists killed as Israel steps up bombardment across Gaza
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Five journalists killed as Israel steps up bombardment across Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Journalist couple Amjad Jahjouh and Wafa Abu Dabaan and their children were killed in a strike on the Nuseirat camp. At least five journalists were killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours in Gaza as bombings and air strikes across the besieged enclave intensified. On Saturday, Gaza’s Government Media Office said separate Israeli strikes killed three …

On 2nd anniversary of Abu Akleh killing, press advocates push for justice
7 months, 1 week ago

On 2nd anniversary of Abu Akleh killing, press advocates push for justice

Al Jazeera  

Advocates say the lack of accountability in Al Jazeera journalist’s killing reflects a pattern of impunity in Israel’s attacks on press. But activists say the case of renowned Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a United States citizen, underscores the fact that Israel has been killing journalists with impunity long before the current war. “Two years ago, Israeli forces assassinated …

‘Shame on you’: Pro-Palestine protest at White House correspondents’ dinner
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Shame on you’: Pro-Palestine protest at White House correspondents’ dinner

Al Jazeera  

The US president offers a toast to ‘press freedom and democracy’ around the world but fails to mention the killings of many Palestinian journalists since October. Activists in the United States demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza have rallied outside a hotel hosting the annual White House correspondent’s dinner, condemning President Joe Biden for his support of the …

Watching the watchdogs: Israel’s attacks on journalists are backfiring
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Watching the watchdogs: Israel’s attacks on journalists are backfiring

Al Jazeera  

For the past six months, Israel has put a lot of effort into covering up its genocidal crimes in Gaza. It is generating greater global attention and media coverage of the assassinations of Palestinian journalists along with demands for Israeli political and legal accountability, which increased after the International Court of Justice proclaimed that Israel is “plausibly” carrying out genocidal …

Israeli strike killed ‘clearly identifiable’ reporter in Lebanon: UN probe
9 months, 1 week ago

Israeli strike killed ‘clearly identifiable’ reporter in Lebanon: UN probe

Al Jazeera  

An Israeli tank killed Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon last year by firing two 120mm rounds at a group of “clearly identifiable journalists” in violation of international law, a United Nations investigation into the October 13 incident has found. “The firing at civilians, in this instance clearly identifiable journalists, constitutes a violation of UNSCR 1701 and international law,” the …

Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ
10 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ

Al Jazeera  

Committee to Protect Journalists says of the 99 journalists killed globally last year, 72 were Palestinians. “In December 2023, CPJ reported that more journalists were killed in the first three months of the Israel-Gaza war than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year,” the organisation said. On February 7, the New York-based press freedom organisation …

Al Jazeera’s Ismail Abu Omar, Ahmad Matar wounded in Israeli strike on Gaza
10 months, 1 week ago

Al Jazeera’s Ismail Abu Omar, Ahmad Matar wounded in Israeli strike on Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Correspondent Ismail Abu Omar and cameraman Ahmad Matar in serious condition, rushed to European Gaza Hospital. The condition of Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail Abu Omar and his cameraman Ahmad Matar was described as serious and both were transferred to the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis for treatment on Tuesday. Reporting from Rafah, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud said this …

Israel alleges Al Jazeera reporter 'prominent Hamas commander', shares pics
10 months, 1 week ago

Israel alleges Al Jazeera reporter 'prominent Hamas commander', shares pics

India Today  

The Israeli Army has claimed that a Palestinian journalist, working for Al Jazeera, is also a senior commander in Hamas's military wing, according to pictures and documents recovered by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip. Lieutenant Colonel Avichay Adrae, the IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson, said that the evidence was retrieved from a laptop that belonged to Mohamed Washah, who …

Evidence Israel military is deliberately targeting journalists, says campaign group
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Evidence Israel military is deliberately targeting journalists, says campaign group

The Independent  

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Al Jazeera’s Samer Abudaqa was ‘targeted’, left to bleed by Israel: Report
11 months, 1 week ago

Al Jazeera’s Samer Abudaqa was ‘targeted’, left to bleed by Israel: Report

Al Jazeera  

The cameraman died despite aid organisations and journalists applying pressure to get him rescued, The Intercept found. Samer Abudaqa, Al Jazeera’s cameraman who was killed on December 15 in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, died despite an extensive network of humanitarian organisations and fellow journalists applying pressure on Israel to help rescue him, The Intercept has reported. Abudaqa was …

Israeli army appears to change tack on strike that killed Gaza journalists
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli army appears to change tack on strike that killed Gaza journalists

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera journalists Hamza Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya were killed in a targeted strike on their car in Khan Younis. The Israeli military has seemingly walked back its justification for targeting a vehicle in Gaza last week, killing two Al Jazeera journalists, United States broadcaster NBC reported. Hamza Dahdouh, the eldest son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh, …

Israel Kills Fifth Member Of Al Jazeera Correspondent’s Family In Gaza
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel Kills Fifth Member Of Al Jazeera Correspondent’s Family In Gaza

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING An Israeli strike hit a vehicle in Gaza on Sunday that killed two journalists, including the eldest son of a veteran Al Jazeera correspondent who already lost much of his family in earlier bombings. Hamza Dahdouh, a 27-year-old journalist, was the son of prominent Gaza correspondent and Al Jazeera Arabic bureau chief Wael Dahdouh. “These are the …

An Al Jazeera journalist is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza
11 months, 2 weeks ago

An Al Jazeera journalist is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza

Associated Press  

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — An apparent Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza on Sunday, including an Al Jazeera journalist who lost four close relatives earlier in the war. It is also unfair for us as journalists.” Al Jazeera journalist Wael Dahdouh mourns his son Hamza, who also worked for Al Jazeera and who was killed in an …

Gaza media office says 100 journalists killed since Israeli attacks began
1 year ago

Gaza media office says 100 journalists killed since Israeli attacks began

Al Jazeera  

Palestinian journalist Muhammed Abu Hweidy latest to be killed in Israeli attack on his home in the east of Gaza City. At least 100 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7, according to new figures released by the government media office in Gaza. Palestinian journalist Muhammed Abu Hweidy was the latest to be killed …

Is Israel targeting journalists and their families in Gaza? ‘Apparent pattern…’
1 year ago

Is Israel targeting journalists and their families in Gaza? ‘Apparent pattern…’

Hindustan Times  

The Committee to Protect Journalists accused Israeli military of targeting journalists and their families in Gaza. The New York-based CPJ said as per Guardian that at least 68 journalists had been killed in Gaza, Israel and southern Lebanon since Hamas' October 7 attack in which 1,200 Israelis died. In at least two other cases, journalists reported receiving threats from Israeli …

RSF files second war crimes complaint with ICC over Gaza journalists killed
1 year ago

RSF files second war crimes complaint with ICC over Gaza journalists killed

Al Jazeera  

Latest complaint by Paris-based press freedom group asks the court in the Hague to probe the deaths of seven Palestinian journalists. Reporters Without Borders has filed its second complaint with the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes committed by the Israeli army against Palestinian journalists in Gaza. The latest complaint by the Paris-based press freedom group filed on Friday …

Israel-Hamas war 'most dangerous ever' for journalists: Rights group
1 year ago

Israel-Hamas war 'most dangerous ever' for journalists: Rights group

Hindustan Times  

The first 10 weeks of the Israel-Gaza war have been the deadliest recorded for journalists, with the most journalists killed in a single year in one location, the U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. Four Israeli and three Lebanese journalists, including Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah, were also killed between Oct. 7 and Dec. 20, CPJ data showed. …

Opinion: With nearly 70 journalists killed, who will be left to cover the Gaza war?
1 year ago

Opinion: With nearly 70 journalists killed, who will be left to cover the Gaza war?

LA Times  

A mural of slain of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen abu Akleh in Gaza City in May 2022. International journalists, including myself, assembled in tents at El Arish crossing, on the Egyptian-Palestinian border, hoping to directly cover the news in the Gaza Strip. In fact, faced with this terrible number of journalist deaths, on Dec.15, five U.S. senators wrote a letter …

Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest in modern history for journalists, CPJ says
1 year ago

Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest in modern history for journalists, CPJ says

Al Jazeera  

The Committee to Protect Journalists says concentration of reporters killed in Gaza ‘unparalleled’ in the group’s history. As Israeli forces pound the Gaza Strip, journalists are being killed at a rate with no parallel in modern history, a press freedom watchdog says. “More journalists have been killed in the first 10 weeks of the Israel-Gaza war than have ever been …

Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist in southern Gaza: Report
1 year ago

Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist in southern Gaza: Report

Live Mint  

An Israeli attack killed an Al Jazeera journalist and wounded his colleague in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Qatari network reported. Al Jazeera had initially reported that cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa and Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh were wounded in a school in Khan Yunis, where they were hit by "shrapnel from an Israeli missile attack". Al Jazeera said …

Al Jazeera to refer journalist Samer Abudaqa’s killing to ICC
1 year ago

Al Jazeera to refer journalist Samer Abudaqa’s killing to ICC

Al Jazeera  

The Al Jazeera Arabic cameraman was killed by a drone attack while reporting on the bombing of a school in southern Gaza Strip. The Al Jazeera Media Network says it will refer the killing of its cameraman Samer Abudaqa in Gaza to the International Criminal Court. In a statement on Saturday, the Qatar-based network said it has instructed its legal …

Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa laid to rest in southern Gaza
1 year ago

Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa laid to rest in southern Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Family, friends, colleagues attend funeral of cameraman who was killed in Israeli drone attack in Khan Younis. Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa has been laid to rest in southern Gaza, with dozens of mourners, including journalists, paying their respects to the cameraman killed in an Israeli drone attack. As the Al Jazeera journalists were heading back on foot because the …

Is Israel deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza?
1 year ago

Is Israel deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza?

Al Jazeera  

The war on Gaza has been the deadliest for media workers ever recorded. Israel’s war on Gaza is the deadliest for media workers ever recorded, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The International Federation of Journalists says around three-quarters of all deaths in 2023 have been in Gaza. They have mainly been Palestinians covering the story as international news …

Al Jazeera Journalist Bleeds To Death After Israeli Strike In Gaza, Outlet Says
1 year ago

Al Jazeera Journalist Bleeds To Death After Israeli Strike In Gaza, Outlet Says

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The news outlet Al Jazeera said Friday that one of its camera operators, Samer Abudaqa, was killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza and left for hours bleeding to death. Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Samer Abu Daqa has been killed, and his colleague Wael al-Dahdouh was wounded in an Israeli attack in Gaza's Khan Younis https://t.co/ARxWAoA2WM pic.twitter.com/EBc2yAe8WB …

Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa killed in Israeli attack in Gaza
1 year ago

Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Family, friends, colleagues attend funeral of cameraman who was killed in Israeli drone attack in Khan Younis. Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Samer Abudaqa has been killed and his colleague Wael Dahdouh was wounded in an Israeli attack in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. “In today’s bombing in Khan Younis, Israeli drones fired missiles at a school where civilians sought refuge, resulting …

‘A wonderful human’: Al Jazeera colleagues remember Samer Abudaqa
1 year ago

‘A wonderful human’: Al Jazeera colleagues remember Samer Abudaqa

Al Jazeera  

The killing of Abudaqa underscores the high price reporters in Gaza have paid to document conditions in the besieged enclave. “Al Jazeera holds the Israeli Occupation Forces fully accountable for Samer’s safety, deeming this incident a deliberate attempt to target its correspondents and their families in the Gaza Strip,” Al Jazeera said in a statement. ‘Wonderful human’ Al Jazeera’s Heba …

Al Jazeera condemns Israeli forces killing of cameraman Samer Abudaqa
1 year ago

Al Jazeera condemns Israeli forces killing of cameraman Samer Abudaqa

Al Jazeera  

Media network says it holds Israel accountable for systematically targeting and killing journalists and their families. Al Jazeera Media Network condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli drone attack on a Gaza school that resulted in the killing of cameraman Samer Abudaqa. The Network holds Israel accountable for systematically targeting and killing Al Jazeera journalists and their families. Al Jazeera …

Journalists’ deaths surge in Gaza but global 2023 toll drops, watchdog says
1 year ago

Journalists’ deaths surge in Gaza but global 2023 toll drops, watchdog says

Al Jazeera  

Reporters Without Borders says journalists paying ‘heavy price’ in Gaza, where 13 have been killed on the job this year. Forty-five journalists were killed while on the job in the first 11 months of the year, media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has said, noting that it was a decline from last year’s worldwide total despite the deadly toll of …

Blinken urges Israel to finish probe into killing of journalist in Lebanon
1 year ago

Blinken urges Israel to finish probe into killing of journalist in Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

Blinken’s comments come after rights groups say Israel should be investigated over possible war crime. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Israel to conclude and release the findings of a probe into artillery strikes that killed a journalist and wounded six others in Lebanon. Blinken’s comments came after separate investigations by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and …

Rights groups say Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon were likely deliberate
1 year ago

Rights groups say Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon were likely deliberate

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Two Israeli strikes that killed a Reuters videographer and wounded six other journalists in south Lebanon nearly two months ago were apparently deliberate and a direct attack on civilians, two international human rights groups said Thursday. The strikes killed Issam Abdallah and wounded Reuters journalists Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh, Qatar’s Al-Jazeera television cameraman Elie Brakhya and reporter …

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