By Quds News Network
Gaza (Quds News Network)- 203 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
The last victim was journalist Sa’ed al-Nabhan who was killed after being shot directly by an Israeli sniper while covering Israeli attacks in the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Friday.
Palestinian journalist Sa’ed al-Nabhan was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper while covering Israeli attacks in central Gaza on Friday, making him the 203rd Palestinian journalist to be killed in Israeli assaults since the start of the ongoing genocide.
Gaza’s Government Media Office confirmed Sa’ed’s killing, stating that he is the 203rd Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the ongoing Israeli offensive.
The office also condemned Israel’s killings of journalists, calling on the international community and rights groups to condemn Israeli crimes and prosecute them in international courts.
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What Happened?
The Israeli forces first surrounded an area in the Al-Jadeed Refugee Camp, located in al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, where many journalists were present, before targeting those in the area.
Footage from the scene shows a wounded individual being rushed out of a house on a stretcher with the help of aid workers.
Nearby, Sa’ed is seen trying to run while covering the attack with his equipment. At that moment, he is targeted by what appears to be a shot fired from a long-range rifle.
He then falls to the ground and lies motionless. People nearby struggle fearfully to approach him due to the threat of being targeted by Israeli bullets.
Anadolu Agency recognized him as its freelance cameraman.
Last month, Sa’ed performed the funeral prayer for his uncle, Khaled al-Nabhan, the Palestinian man who became widely known after a video showed him kissing the eyes of his slain granddaughter and calling her “soul of my soul”.
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The office condemned Israel’s killings of journalists, calling on the international community and rights groups to condemn Israeli crimes and prosecute them in international courts.
“Bloody Year”
Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has been considered the deadliest for journalists and media workers in the world in 30 years.
Critics accuse Israel – which banned foreign reporters from entering Gaza – of targeting journalists in the Palestinian territory to obscure the truth about its war crimes there.
“Deliberately targeting journalists is a war crime under international law. This attack must be independently investigated and the perpetrators must be held to account,” Programme Director at Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Carlos Martinez de la, said.
In a recent report, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) described 2024 as a “particularly bloody year.”
According to the IFJ’s annual report, as of December 10, 2024, 104 journalists have been killed worldwide since January 1, with more than half of them in Gaza.
Seventy-five percent of all reporters killed in the world in 2023 were killed between October 7 and the end of last year.
IFJ Secretary General Anthony Bellanger described 2024 as “one of the worst years” for media professionals. He condemned the “massacre taking place in Palestine before the eyes of the entire world.”
In a separate report, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Palestine is the most “dangerous country for journalists, recording a higher death toll than any other country over the past five years.” The report covers data up to December 1.
11 January 2025
Source: countercurrents.org