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Saba Yemen
3 days ago
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate: More than 100 crimes, attacks against journalists during June
Ramallah - Saba: The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate has confirmed that the Israeli occupation army committed more than 100 crimes, attacks and direct violations against journalists in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and within the 1948 territories during the month of June, as part of a systematic escalation targeting press freedom. According to the Palestinian News Agency (Wafa), a documentary report issued by the Syndicate's Press Freedoms Committee on Wednesday indicated that seven journalists were martyred while covering the field, while 16 others were seriously injured by bullets or rocket shrapnel. The attacks also targeted journalists' families, with five relatives martyred as a result of direct shelling. The report also documented the arrest of three journalists by the Israeli occupation army, while four others were brought before military courts. Regarding the media infrastructure, six press institutions were subjected to demolition or forced closure, ten journalists' homes were destroyed, and enemy forces confiscated filming and broadcasting equipment in four documented incidents. The report also documented 22 cases of detention or denial of coverage, eight attacks involving direct gunfire at journalists, seven attacks using sound bombs and toxic tear gas, three cases of physical assault, and three cases of threats and public incitement against journalists. The Syndicate also reported one case of travel ban and two cases of settler attacks on media crews. The report also documented a series of violations perpetrated by the enemy, through security forces and settler members, against Arab and Western media crews covering the fall of Iranian missiles on some areas within the 1948 territories. The report indicated that these figures reflect the wide scope and seriousness of the violations, amid international silence and the ongoing restrictions on journalistic work in the Palestinian territories. This coincides with the continued displacement of hundreds of journalists in search of safety, some of whom have been forced to flee their homes for the fifth or sixth time, far from their homes, a large portion of which has been destroyed. The difficulty of reaching work and communicating with the outside world continued due to the disruption of telecommunications and internet networks, as a result of the enemy army's targeting of broadcasting towers and coverage with shelling and destruction. The report also noted a relative increase in internal attacks against fellow journalists by official or family bodies. These violations are considered alarming and dangerous, given the genocidal aggression practiced by the Israeli enemy against our people in the Gaza Strip in particular, and against the Palestinian people in general. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Al Jazeera
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Photos: Aftermath of an Israeli air attack on a Gaza cafe
Published On 1 Jul 2025 1 Jul 2025 Israeli forces killed at least 95 people in Gaza on Monday with air raids that left 39 dead at a seaside cafe and gunfire that killed Palestinians trying to get desperately needed food aid, witnesses and health officials said. One air raid hit al-Baqa Cafe in Gaza City when it was crowded with women and children, said Ali Abu Ateila, who was inside at the time. 'Without warning, all of a sudden, a warplane hit the place, shaking it like an earthquake,' he said. At least 39 people were killed and dozens were wounded, many critically. Among the dead was journalist Ismail Abu Hatab, as well as women and children who had gathered at the cafe. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said more than 220 journalists had been killed in Gaza since the war began in October 2023. The cafe, one of the few businesses to continue operating during the 20-month war, was a gathering spot for residents seeking internet access and a place to charge their phones.
Saba Yemen
19-06-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate: 12 Journalists Martyred in May
Ramallah - Saba: The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate confirmed that the Zionist enemy regime, with all its components, continues to commit crimes against Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, these crimes, assaults, and violations against the Palestinian press have reached 137, most notably the martyrdom of 12 journalists and the destruction of four press offices in the Gaza Strip during the past month of May. According to data and facts monitored and documented by the Syndicate's Freedoms Committee during the past month of May, the enemy forces forced journalists to flee their homes in a dangerous manner, approximately 250 journalists were displaced, most of them from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, and approximately 100 from the northern Gaza Strip. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Arab News
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills three journalists
LONDON: Three journalists were killed and four others injured in an Israeli strike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital's courtyard in central Gaza, drawing condemnations from media rights groups. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said the attack struck a media tent and identified the victims as Ismail Badah, a cameraman for Palestine Today TV channel, which is affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group; Soliman Hajaj, a Palestine Today editor; and Samir A-Refai of the Shams News network. The strike injured 30 others, including four journalists. Among them were Imad Daloul, a correspondent for Palestine Today, and Ahmed Qalja, a cameraman for Qatar-based Al-Araby TV, both are reported to be in critical condition. The syndicate accused Israel of 'a full-fledged war crime' that 'reflects a deliberate and systematic policy aimed at silencing the Palestinian narrative.' It said that targeting journalists 'within the grounds of a hospital constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.' The Israeli military said in a statement that the strike targeted 'an Islamic Jihad terrorist who was operating in a command-and-control center' in the hospital's yard, without providing details or evidence. In a statement on Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the attack, calling for international action to stop Israel from targeting journalists 'based on unsubstantiated terrorism claims.' CPJ regional director Sara Qudah said: 'These are not isolated incidents, but systematic attacks by Israel on the media. This disturbing and deliberate pattern must end. 'The killing of journalists in a hospital courtyard on the holy day of Yawm Al-Arafah — preceding Eid Al-Adha — underscores the relentless dangers facing the media in Gaza.'
BBC News
05-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Three journalists among five killed in Israeli strike on Gaza hospital
Five people have been killed in an Israeli strike on al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, according to the Anglican Church, which operates Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem said three journalists, a father escorting his son to surgery, and another person died on Thursday morning when the hospital's compound was condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the attack, which also injured 30 bystanders, including four hospital staff. The Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate accused Israel of a "full-fledged war crime".The Israeli military said it "precisely struck" a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fighter operating from a command centre inside the hospital's yard. It came on the same day as more than 130 global news and press freedom organisations - including the BBC - called for international media to be given immediate access to Gaza and Palestinian journalists to be given full protection."For 20 months, the Israeli authorities have refused to grant journalists outside of Gaza independent access to the Palestinian territory - a situation that is without precedent in modern warfare," they wrote in a letter co-ordinated by the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders."Local journalists, those best positioned to tell the truth, face displacement and starvation. To date, nearly 200 journalists have been killed by the Israeli military. Many more have been injured and face constant threats to their lives for doing their jobs: bearing witness. This is a direct attack on press freedom and the right to information."There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military or government. But they have previously denied that Israeli forces have targeted journalists. The Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate said the Israeli strike on al-Ahli hospital's compound directly targeted a media footage showed medics and other people rushing to help casualties lying on the ground underneath a tree in a yard and carrying at least four of them into a medical tent."The Israeli drone suddenly attacked these colleagues," Palestinian journalist Mohammed Ahmed told Reuters news agency at the scene. "Three of them [were] martyred, in addition to a number of martyrs among passersby.""The Israeli occupation forces are increasing their attacks on us as journalists, trying to prevent us from doing our work," he journalists' syndicate identified the three dead journalists as Ismail Badah, a cameraman for the PIJ-affiliated Palestine Today TV channel, Soliman Hajaj, a Palestine Today editor, and Samir al-Refai of the Shams News four journalists were injured, two of whom - Palestine Today correspondent Imad Daloul and Ahmed Qalja, a cameraman for Qatar-based Al-Araby TV - were in a critical condition, it Israeli military said in a statement that it "precisely struck an Islamic Jihad terrorist who was operating in a command-and-control centre" in the yard of the hospital. It did not name the target or provide any military also accused armed groups of using al-Ahli for "terrorist activity" and "cynically and brutally using the civilian population" inside - an allegation they have April, staff at al-Ahli hospital said an Israeli strike destroyed its laboratory and damaged its emergency room. They did not report any direct casualties, but said a child died due to disruption of care. The Israeli military said it hit a Hamas "command-and-control centre".Hospitals are specially protected under international humanitarian law. They only lose that protection in certain circumstances, including being used as a base from which to launch an attack, as a weapons depot, or to hide healthy fighters. The Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 37 people across Gaza on Thursday. As well as Gaza City, local media reported deaths in Jabalia and Beit Lahia in the north, and in Khan Younis in the on Thursday, a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid group working in Gaza said it had reopened two of its distribution centres, a day after closing them for "renovation"."Over the past 24 hours, we have been fully focused on strengthening our distribution sites to ensure safe and more efficient delivery of life-saving aid to the people of Gaza," the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's (GHF) interim executive director John Acree said in a Wednesday, the GHF announced that it was shutting all of its sites - three out of four of which had been operational - to make them "as safe as possible" following a string of deadly incidents of Palestinians have been killed in recent days while approaching one of the centres in Rafah on a route that runs through an Israeli military have said Israeli forces opened fire at crowds seeking Israeli military has denied that it fired at civilians within the centre, but it has said that troops fired at "suspects" who ignored warning shots and approached GHF has denied that anyone was killed or injured at its group, which uses American private security contractors, aims to bypass the UN as the main supplier of aid to UN and other aid groups refuse to co-operate with the new system, saying it contravenes the humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality, and also warn that Gaza's 2.1 million population faces catastrophic levels of hunger after an almost three-month total Israeli blockade that was partially eased two weeks US and Israel say the GHF's system will prevent aid being stolen by Hamas, which the group denies the Israeli military said it recovered the bodies of two Israeli-Americans taken back to Gaza as hostages during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken least 54,677 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
