Israeli forces bombed a shelter afloat of Palestinian media workers connected Monday successful Gaza, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 and wounding 9 much — conscionable days aft a caller study concluded that more journalists person been killed successful nan territory’s situation than successful astir different awesome wars combined.
An Israeli onslaught deed nan media shelter overnight adjacent a infirmary successful Khan Younis, mounting it ablaze and killing Palestine Today journalist Helmi Al-Faqawi, according to section media. Reports person besides identified civilian Yousef Al-Khazandar arsenic nan 2nd personification killed successful nan strike.
Gruesome footage taken and shared online by different journalists shows a man burning live successful nan shelter while immoderate witnesses effort putting retired nan fire. The man, now identified arsenic Palestine Today editor Ahmad Mansour, is still live but successful captious information pinch “catastrophic burns,” according to Quds Network.
In summation to Mansour, nan Monday onslaught reportedly wounded freelance photographer Hassan Aslih, Alam24 photographer Ali Aslih, Anadolu photographer Abdallah Al-Attar, BBC Arabic contributor Ahmad Al-Agha, freelance photojournalist Mohammed Fayeq, ABC News cameraman Ihab Al-Bardini, Al Jazeera cameraman Mahmoud Awad and Radio Algerie analogous Majid Qudeih.
The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate said it “appeals to each quality authorities organizations, arsenic good arsenic institutions dedicated to property state and state of look worldwide, and each media organizations, to expose to nan world nan horrific massacres and atrocities being committed by nan Israeli business forces against journalists successful Gaza – crimes that rank among nan astir heinous successful nan history of journalism.”

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The attacks travel aft Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs released a report concluding that nan complaint of journalists killed successful Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, has rendered nan territory a “news graveyard” and turned nan ongoing situation into nan deadliest ever for members of nan press. The institute’s Costs of War task released nan study connected April 1.
To break it down, Israel has killed much journalists successful Gaza complete nan past twelvemonth and a half than if 1 combines nan number of journalists killed successful nan U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, nan Korean War, nan Vietnam War, nan wars successful Yugoslavia and nan U.S. warfare successful Afghanistan.
“It’s unclear really galore Palestinian reporters successful Gaza person been intentionally killed because of their activity and really galore were simply nan victims, for illustration tens of thousands of chap civilians, of Israel’s bombardment of a densely populated 140-square mile portion of land,” nan study said, adding that Palestinian journalists’ activity is particularly captious arsenic Israel has barred overseas correspondents from entering nan territory.

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As of March 26, nan decease toll for journalists successful Gaza stands astatine 232 since Israel launched its existent subject run that international commissions and human authorities groups person branded a genocide. That decease toll equates to an mean of 13 Palestinian journalists killed per period by Israel, according to nan analysis. Several journalists person been killed aliases wounded since nan report’s release, including Islam Maqdad and Hossam Shabat.
“The survivors reporting successful nan news graveyard of Gaza proceed to activity nether threat of death, injury, apprehension and cyberattack. They person endured nan nonaccomplishment of family, friends, colleagues and homes. They person persevered successful nan look of intolerable hardships,” nan study said. “Solidarity successful nan occupation demands that world reporters telephone retired repression, break blockades and support embattled journalists successful Gaza and beyond.”