Before the Israeli occupation forces committed another crime against Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammad Salama, along with four other photojournalists, the blood of our martyred journalists in Gaza has not yet dried up.
Our coworkers Mohammad Salama, Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Abu Daqqa, a photographer for the Associated Press and Independent Arabia, and Moaz Abu Taha were killed today by occupation forces.
More than 20 civilians, including patients and members of the press, died as a result of this atrocity, which took place during an attack on Khan Younis’ Nasser Medical Complex, without distinction between those receiving medical care and those using cameras to document the crimes.
With the most recent crime, which claimed Mohammad Salama’s life, there have been ten more Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza than there have been in the Strip since October 2023. The deadliest conflict for media professionals in modern history has resulted in unprecedented numbers of journalists being targeted.
The Israeli occupation forces, who have directly targeted and murdered journalists as part of a coordinated effort to silence the truth, condemn this abominable crime in the strongest possible terms.
The Israeli occupation’s ongoing campaign against journalists violates all international conventions and laws, including the Geneva Conventions, which strictly forbid the deliberate targeting of civilians and journalists in conflict zones.
Al Jazeera claims that Israel’s prevailing sense of impunity, as well as its desire to silence journalists to keep its ongoing crimes in Gaza, including the genocide and the famine that has devastated the Strip, demonstrate a clear desire to conceal the truth.
Despite constant monitoring, occupation authorities have been preventing international media from reporting on the Israeli genocide in Gaza for the past 23 months. Al Jazeera is resolute in doing so.
The international community and all relevant governments must take swift action in order to stop these systematic crimes against journalists. To safeguard journalists, civilians, and the fundamental right to information, urgent and effective measures are required.
In order to end the deliberate killing of journalists, protect fundamental human rights, which are currently undergoing alarming decline and deterioration, and uphold press freedom, those in positions of global leadership have a moral and legal obligation.
Some comfort can be found in the widespread denigration and condemnation of Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues’ deaths on August 10, 2025, in spite of these depressing and agonizing circumstances.
Source: Aljazeera
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