Israel Targets Tent Full of Journalists in South Gaza’s Khan Yunis
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At least two were killed and several others injured early on 7 April in an Israeli airstrike which targeted a tent full of journalists near Al-Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Yunis.
The Israeli airstrike targeted the tent belonging to the Palestine Today news agency.
Video footage showed one of the journalists, Ahmad Mansour, trapped under a plank of wood, burning alive as others attempt to spray water on him and pull him out. He has reportedly survived but is in extremely critical condition.
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Journalists Hilmi al-Faqawi and Youssef al-Khazindar were killed. Among the injured were journalists Hassan Asleih, Ahmad al-Agha, Mahmoud Awad, Mohammad Fayeq, Abdullah al-Attar, and Majed Qudaih.
The wounded have been transported to hospitals.
“We condemn the occupation’s targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists. We call on the International Federation of Journalists, the Federation of Arab Journalists, and all journalistic bodies worldwide to condemn the systematic crimes against journalists,” the Gaza Government Media Office said in a statement on Monday.
“We hold the occupation, the US administration, and the countries complicit in the crime of genocide fully responsible for committing this heinous and brutal crime against journalists. We call on the international community, international organizations, and organizations involved in journalism and media work to condemn the occupation’s crimes, deter it, and prosecute it in international courts,” it added.
Israel has been systematically targeting Palestinian journalists in Gaza since the beginning of the war.
The number of journalists killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023 has now become over 210.
Late last month, Israeli strikes targeted and killed Al Jazeera correspondent Hossam Shabat and Palestine Today journalist Mohammad Mansour.
The Israeli army admitted to assassinating Shabat, claiming he was a Hamas sniper.
In 2024, the Israeli army was responsible for nearly 70 percent of all journalists killed throughout the world, the deadliest year for journalists globally, according to a report released on 12 February by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, over 1,335 Palestinians have been killed since 18 March, when Israel renewed its genocidal war on the strip.
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