GAZA (NPTV/IFJ): Since 7th November, 2023 attack by Hamas, Israeli airstrikes, bombardments, snipers, and soldiers have killed 150 journalists and Media Workers, with more assaulted, arbitrarily detained, injured, missing, or disabled.
Since 15th October, four journalists have been killed in Gaza. On October 27, Al-Aqsa digital media head Saed Radwan, Sand News Agency journalist Hamza Abu Salmiya, and Al Quds Foundation journalist Haneen Mahmoud Baroud were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Photojournalist Bilal Mohammed Rajab was killed in an attack by an Israeli drone in Gaza city on 1st of November. In Lebanon, Al-Mayadeen Media Workers Ghassan Najjar and Mohamed Reda, as well as Al-Manar camera operator Wissam Qassem, were killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a building known to house reporters.
On 24th October, the IFJ joined the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) in condemning unfounded accusations by the Israeli Defense Forces that six Al–Jazeera journalists in Gaza were Hamas and Islamic Jihad Terrorists.
The IFJ and the PJS published a safety advisory in English and Arabic for journalists and have opened Media Solidarity Centres across Gaza, while the IFJ’s Safety Fund has paid for medical kits, equipment battery packs, and direct financial assistance to journalists and Media organisations.
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