100 journalists martyred in Gaza since start of aggression
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The Israeli occupation forces' deliberate targeting of journalists is still ongoing as the death toll of media workers rises to 100.
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Relatives mourn Adel Zorob, a Palestinian freelance journalist who was killed with his family in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip outside a morgue in Rafah, occupied Palestine, December 19, 2023 (AP)
Palestinian journalist Mohammad Abu Houwaidi, who works for al-Istiklal newspaper, was martyred Saturday in an Israeli airstrike as he was carrying out his duties in the al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza, an Al Mayadeen correspondent reported.
Houwaidi's martyrdom hiked the number of martyrs to 100 since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7, the government media in Gaza reported.
The Israeli occupation forces destroyed Friday the office of Palestine Today, an Arabic-speaking Palestinian TV channel, in Suhad Tower, in Gaza City. The attack also destroyed broadcast vehicles that belonged to the channel.
In this context, the Al Mayadeen Media Network issued a statement condemning this deliberate attack, and expressed its absolute solidarity with Palestine Today including "all its members, correspondents, and administrative team."
Al Mayadeen considered the attack as "evidence of the pathological Israeli sadism and hysteria as a result of its abject failure to confront the national Palestinian media in general, and the Resistance media in particular."
Moreover, in its message, Al Mayadeen noted that this aggression proves that Palestine Today TV possesses great competence in terms of "professionalism, patriotism, and strength in conveying reality and Resisting the brutal war of aggression," stressing that what happened is "a new badge on the chest of this leading channel in all of Palestine."
In its statement, Al Mayadeen also called on the Arab and international media circles to launch a campaign of solidarity with Palestine Today TV and its journalists, and to "demonstrate the Israeli nature hostile to free media despite all the fraudulent global marketing campaigns."
'Israel' commits several massacres across Gaza, death toll exceeds 20K
The Ministry of Health in Gaza revealed that the ongoing Israeli genocide, on its 77th day, has killed over 20,000 martyrs and wounded 53,320 Palestinians, 70% of whom are women and children.
In just the past 48 hours, the Ministry announced that the Israeli forces, during a media blackout, killed 390 Palestinians and injured 734 others in the Strip.
In Khan Younis, an Israeli airstrike targeted a civilian home, killing six and injuring others. The Nasser Hospital had received several bodies and dozens of injuries on its grounds as a result of the continuous bombardment of residential and civilian areas.
Israeli airstrikes also hit the al-Nuseirat camp, killing several martyrs and injuring others.
In addition, eight martyrs were killed, and several other citizens were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted two houses in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Three of them were in a house belonging to the Duhair family, and they were all transferred to Al-Kuwait Hospital in Rafah.
