Another Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza, death toll at 192
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The Gaza media office called for the prosecution of the Israeli occupation for its war crimes against journalists.
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Journalist Maysara Salah from Quds News Network. (Social media)
According to the Gaza Strip's Government Media Office, another Palestinian journalist was murdered in an Israeli bombing in the Strip, bringing the total number of deaths to 192 since the start of the brutal war on Gaza.
Maysara Ahmed Salah, who works for the local Quds News Network, died of gunshot wounds on Sunday after being wounded by troops in northern Gaza.
The Gaza media office urged the world community and press groups "to deter the (Israeli) occupation and prosecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes" against Palestinian journalists.
Separately, the Palestinian Journalists Forum issued a statement mourning Salah's death, saying he "took the path of freedom, paved with blood and sacrifices, in defense of the oppressed Palestinian nation and sought to show their sufferings to the world."
The forum also decried the global silence and inactivity in protecting Palestinian journalists and allowing them to carry out their professional duties in line with international law and humanitarian principles.
Journalists reporting the genocidal war in the Palestinian territories face increased hazards, especially in light of Israeli ground offensives and bombings, as well as problems like broken communications, supply shortages, and power outages.
Journalists killed in Gaza ‘more than double’ annual global average
Last month, the Palestinian press union revealed that the number of Palestinian journalists murdered in Israeli assaults in the Gaza Strip in the past year is more than double the global average.
In a statement commemorating International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate stated that Israeli forces have killed 183 journalists in Gaza since October 2023.
"This figure is more than double the number of journalists killed annually around the world," according to the statement.
The syndicate emphasized that the continued massacres and targeting of journalists "will not go unpunished" as they aim to "eliminate witnesses of the truth" in what they called the largest and most ruthless massacre against journalists in the history of global media.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay stated that 900 journalists had been slain globally since 2013, with an average of 82 journalists each year, which amounts to less than half the number of Palestinian journalists killed by "Israel" in Gaza.
The syndicate urged nations and organizations worldwide to "take urgent measures and decisions to establish binding and deterrent legal mechanisms to hold accountable and prosecute the murderers of journalists, ensuring they do not escape punishment."
