Israeli occupation forces killed 141 journalists in Gaza
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The Gaza Government Media Office confirms the martyrdom of a Palestinian journalist following an Israeli strike on his house in Rafah.
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Posters with pictures and names of martyred Palestinian journalists in Gaza are placed in mock coffins in a symbolic funeral toward a United Nations office, in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinian journalist Mohammad Bassam al-Jamal and several members of his family were martyred after their home in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, was bombed by the Israeli occupation forces.
The Gaza Government Media Office confirmed the martyrdom of al-Jamal, who worked for the Palestine Now news agency.
ارتقاء الصحفي محمد بسام الجمل متأثرًا بجراحه التي أصيب بها جراء قـصـ.ـف منزله الليلة الماضية في رفح. pic.twitter.com/iM8Z3JBViL
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With the announcement, the number of journalists killed at the hands of Israeli occupation forces since the beginning of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip now stands at 141, according to the Office.
In addition, hundreds more were injured, their families were targeted, and their homes, offices, and media headquarters were destroyed.
The Gaza Government Media Office had previously accused the Israeli occupation of deliberately targeting journalists with the aim of obscuring the Palestinian narrative, distorting facts, and preventing journalists from documenting the crimes of the Israeli occupation forces to the public.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned the killing of journalists in Gaza, calling for the necessity of protecting them from the violence of the Israeli occupation forces and enabling them to perform their work.
During a seminar in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, the head of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate, Nasser Abu Baker, confirmed that the Israeli occupation has killed 10% of Gaza's journalists in an attempt to prevent them from conveying the truth of what is happening in the Strip to the world.
