International Outcry Mounts Over Israeli Strike Killing Five Al Jazeera Journalists in Gaza

Global condemnation has erupted following an Israeli drone attack on Sunday that killed five Al Jazeera staff members, including prominent correspondent Anas al-Sharif, outside Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital. The strike, which also claimed the lives of correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Moamen Aliwa, Mohammed Noufal, and freelance reporter Mohammad al-Khaldi, has sparked widespread calls for accountability and investigations into what many are calling a deliberate targeting of the press.

The Al Jazeera Media Network has vehemently denounced the incident as a “targeted assassination” and a “blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom.” Reactions from around the world have echoed this sentiment, with the Palestinian mission to the UN accusing Israel of “deliberately assassinating” journalists who had been exposing and documenting the ongoing conflict. Hamas, Iran, and Qatar have joined in decrying the attack, emphasizing the critical role journalists play in reporting from the besieged territory.

United Nations officials, including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s spokesperson and the heads of UNRWA and the UN human rights office, have offered condolences, called for investigations, and underscored the imperative to protect media workers. Organizations like the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have expressed outrage, with many noting a pattern of attacks on journalists in Gaza and demanding an end to impunity. The attack adds to an already grim toll, with over 269 journalists reported killed in Gaza since October 2023, making it the deadliest conflict for reporters on record.

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