At least two people have died in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza media tent.
According to local media, several other reporters were also seriously hurt by the bombing that occurred early on Monday near Khan Younis’ Nasser Hospital. Israel has been accused of deliberately targeting the press during its occupation of the enclave, and this is just the most recent incident to result in journalist casualties.
According to Palestine’s Wafa news agency, the tent was set on fire outside the hospital in southern Gaza at around 2 a.m., killing journalist Helmi al-Faqawi and a man by the name of Yousef al-Khazindar.
The tent was caught on fire in footage that the Quds News Network posted online. Some members of the crowd outside made an effort to put the flames out.
Nine people, six of them journalists, were injured in the attack, according to reports, “some seriously.”
Hassan Eslaih and Ihab al-Bardini, both of whom had been hospitalized, were captured on camera by the Quds News Network, who claimed they were “struck by shrapnel in the head, which exited through his eye.”
After suffering “severe burns,” journalist Ahmad Mansour reportedly fought for his life.
Palestinians mourn journalist Helmi al-Faq’awi, who was tragically killed last night in an ominous Israeli attack on the journalists’ tent outside Khan Younis. pic. Twitter.com/DlB5r6wpU
At least 13 people were killed in the Israeli attacks on Gaza on Monday morning, according to medical sources cited by Al Jazeera Arabic.
According to the network, three people were killed in the attacks on Gaza City’s Zeitoun district and two at the Jabalia refugee camp.
According to Wafa, two people were killed west of Deir el-Balah and one more in the al-Jurun neighborhood north of Gaza City.
Deadliest journalistic war
The media tent was attacked the day after journalist Islam Meqdad was killed along with her husband and child, increasing the number of casualties reported by media representatives in Gaza.
According to its Costs of War project, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs claims that Israel’s occupation of Gaza has become the deadliest media worker-ever conflict.
Since the start of the war in the enclave following Hamas’ attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, according to a report from the US-based think tank last week, 232 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli forces.
Every week, 13 journalists and media personnel are killed by the bombardment on average.
According to the report, more journalists have been killed in the conflict than in the US war against Afghanistan, the Vietnam War, the Yugoslavian War, and all other conflicts combined.
The think tank continued, “how many journalists in Gaza were simply the victims of Israel’s bombardment,” adding that it was unclear how many were actually targeted.
However, it cited Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s (RSF) documentation of 35 cases that the military was likely to target and kill journalists because of their work.
Source: Aljazeera
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