Israeli -Israeli, who killed 5 journalists, provokes international condemnation

Israel, double Israel, which killed five journalists in a hospital in the Gaza Strip, has sparked anger around the world, as Israel’s calls are growing accountable for the death of members of the press.

On Monday morning, an Israeli kick hit the upper floor of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza. Reuters news agency said that one of its correspondents who were running live feeding the area, Houtam Al -Masry, was killed in this strike.

After journalists and rescue workers rushed to an external staircase to the first strike site, a second blow hit the same stairs – an attack that was taken by multiple news means.

At least 20 people were killed in total, most of them in the second strike, including five journalists who reported outlets such as Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Reuters and Ain Al -Sharq Al -Middle East.

“The killing of journalists in Gaza, the world, should not be shocked in a stunning silence, but rather to work demanding accountability and justice,” the eighth of the United Nations Rights Office told reporters in Geneva.

The two Khuna called for the attack that “it was investigated accurately and independently.”

In a separate statement, the United Nations noted that “while reliable information is key, protecting freedom of the press is more important than ever.

“Journalists – including those who risk their lives to expose the difficult facts – are #notatarget.”

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the blow as a “tragic accident” and said that the army was investigating. The army said it was targeting the militants and what he believed was a Hamas surveillance camera.

Hamas denied on Tuesday that any of the Palestinians who were killed in the Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday are militants.

The government media office of the Hamas government said in a statement that one of the six Palestinians who claimed to Israel had been killed in the water-after a distance from the hospital-another was killed elsewhere in a different time.

In a later statement, the Israeli army specifically indicated that the journalists who followed Reuters and the Associated Press were “not a target.”

The dual strike received a quick international condemnation. in After xCanada described the attack as “unacceptable”, adding that “Israel has a commitment to protecting civilians, including journalists and health care workers, who work in Gaza.”

The European Union also condemned the attack, as the committee spokesman, Anwar El Anouni, told a press conference on Tuesday that “civilians and journalists must be protected under international law.”

French President Emmanuel Macron described the hospital’s attacks as “unbearable”, saying that “civilians and journalists should be protected in all circumstances,” while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Germany said it “was shocked” and stressed the need to investigate strikes. UK Foreign Minister David Lami said he was “horrific” by the attack.

At least 197 workers have been killed in the media and correspondents in the war since October 2023, according to the committee to protect journalists, making it one of the bloodiest conflicts in history for journalists. The majority of Palestinian journalists were killed in Gaza.

Some other observation groups have put the personality of journalists who were killed by more than 200.

“The killing of Israel’s broadcasting in Gaza continues while watching the world and failing to act firmly on the most terrifying attacks that the press faced in modern history,” said Sara Sadda, the regional director of the Committee for the Protection of Journalists. In a statement. “This killing must end now. The perpetrators should not be allowed to act without punishment.”

The Israeli Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army admitted many “gaps” in their achievement so far in the strikes, and said that he is looking into the chain of leadership that agreed to the strikes. These successive strikes are “double TAPS”, and have led to a condemnation of wars in Ukraine and Syria, especially when they strike civilians or accelerated medical workers to help.

It is known that correspondents from different outlets use Nasser Hospital to prepare direct TV clips. The shots taken by a Reuters correspondent in the stairs after the first strike shows a man with a camera equipment in Al -Massari high to the crowd below and rescue workers suffering from orange who attends the scene before a second explosion occurred. Reuters correspondent, who took the video, survived the attacks.

One of the journalists who killed Meriam Daga, 33, was a visual journalist who recently reported the Associated Press of doctors in the hospital who are struggling to save children who are starving.

Journalists were killed, in the face of famine

The strikes at Nasser Hospital came just two weeks after Israel released an air strike on a tent near the Shiva Hospital to kill Al -Jazeera correspondent, Anas Al -Sharif. Six journalists, including four from the island, were He was killed in the attack.

The Israeli army admitted that the Sharif was the target, but he cited the intelligence that he said was part of Hamas. CBC News did not witness any intelligence documents that are verified by this claim, and the island said that the prosecution was unfounded, describing the strike as a “targeted assassination.”

Since Israel has prevented the foreign media from entering Gaza independently, the local journalists who are carrying out independent work provided most of the international media. But the deteriorating conditions on the ground left the correspondents who struggle with the same famine facing civilians.

In July, multiple news outlets, including CBC News, Reuters and BBC, A joint statement Deciphering the “amazing” deaths of the death of journalists in the region and calling on Israel to allow international journalists to enter the pocket.

“When local journalists are killed, or they face the threat of hunger, or an attempt to escape, the world will systematically cut off from what is happening. This cannot happen.”

Under international law, health care facilities and journalists are not supposed to be targeted during armed conflicts.

Journalists and media institutions operating in Gaza previously raised fears that Israel was deliberately targeting journalists. Israel confirmed that it was trying to reduce civil losses, and blamed its strikes in Hamas healthcare facilities, claiming that the militant group used these facilities as starting areas.

On Tuesday, a day after the double strike at Nasser Hospital, the Israeli strikes killed at least 16 Palestinians, according to officials from Shiva Hospital, Nasser Hospital and Sheikh Radwan clinic in Gaza City.

The military attack of Israel has killed more than 62,000 over the past two years, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which says about half of the dead were women and children.

Protests in Israel

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the demonstrators in Israel tires tires, enchanted highways and poured a cease An extensive attack in Gaza City.

Netanyahu met the security cabinet on Tuesday evening, but he revealed a little about what happened when he appeared later at an event in Jerusalem.

“It started in Gaza, and it will end in Gaza,” said Netanyahu. “We will not leave these monsters there. We will release all our hostages. We will ensure that Gaza is no longer a threat to Israel.”

Netanyahu said that Israel will launch its attack in Gaza City, while it continues at one time a ceasefire, although Israel has not yet sent a team negotiations to discuss a proposal on the table.

He said that the attack is the best way to weaken enthusiasm and return hostages, but the hostages and their supporters have declined.

The vast majority of 251 hostages that Hamas seized on October 7, 2023 were launched during the ceasefire. Israel has saved only eight hostages alive. Fifty hostages remain in Gaza. About 20 Israel believes that it still lives.