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THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK (clearer every day)
At least six Palestinian journalists killed as Israel bombs Gaza
Press freedom organizations say journalists providing critical reporting from Gaza and Israel to the world should not be targeted.
A man carries a blood-stained flak jacket belonging to Palestinian journalist Mohammed Soboh
Video Duration 01 minutes 26 seconds 01:26
Published On 10 Oct 202310 Oct 2023
At least six Palestinian journalists have been killed in a matter of days, amid Israel’s ongoing shelling of the besieged Gaza strip, media networks and press freedom monitors have said.
Journalist Saeed al-Taweel, editor-in-chief of Al-Khamsa News website, and two other members of the press were killed early on Tuesday as they went to film a building that Israel would soon bomb in Gaza City.
“Unfortunately, they have sent a warning notice to the Hiji building just now that it will be bombed,” al-Taweel said in his last words, shortly before being killed, according to a recording obtained by Al Jazeera. “The area has been evacuated entirely. Women, men, the elderly, kids have all completely fled the area.”
Al-Taweel, Mohammed Subh and Hisham Alnwajha had been standing at a safe distance, hundreds of metres from the stated target. But the air attack instead hit a different building, much closer to them.
Alnwajha suffered serious injuries and was admitted to the intensive care room at Al-Shifa Medical Complex, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
The crew was wearing flak jackets and helmets clearly identifying themselves as members of the press.
Funerals for Subh and al-Taweel were held hours later at a hospital in Gaza City.
As a tribute to their work, the iconic helmets worn by media workers were placed on their bodies, which were covered in white sheets.
Mourners, including colleagues, carry the bodies of Palestinian journalists Mohammed Soboh and Saeed al-Taweel, who were killed when an Israeli missile hit a building while they were outside reporting, at a hospital in Gaza City.
Mourners, including colleagues, carry the bodies of Palestinian journalists Mohammed Subh and Saeed al-Taweel in Gaza City [Arafat Barbakh/Reuters]
Two other journalists, Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi and Mohammad Jarghoun, were shot dead while reporting on Saturday, according to the Palestinian press freedom group MADA and the Journalist Support Committee (JSC), a non-profit that promotes media rights in the Middle East.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/10/at-least-six-palestinian-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strikes-on-gaza