Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel Attacks a hospital in southern Gaza He killed four journalists on Monday, including a freelancer who worked for the Associated Press, health officials said.
Visual journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, has built a freelance for the Associated Press since the start of the Gaza War and has also appeared in other news outlets. In a statement, the AP said, along with several other journalists, that he was shocked and sad to learn of Daga’s death.
According to Zaher Al-Waheidi, the head of records at the Ministry of Health, 19 people have been killed in a strike at Nasser Hospital.
Daga, who has a 12-year-old son who evacuated Gaza early in the war, is often based on Nassar these days Reports about hospital doctors They struggle to save their children from starvation.
Al Jazeera confirmed that journalist Mohammed Salam is also among those killed in the Nasser strike. Reuters reported that contractor photographer Husam al-Masri was killed and contractor photographer Hatem Khaled was injured.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and the Israeli military declined to comment on the strike.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Israel-Hamas War was one of the bloodiest conflicts for media workers, with at least 192 journalists being killed in Gaza. In comparison, 18 journalists have been killed so far in the Russian war in Ukraine, according to the CPJ.
Aside from the rare guided tours, Israel has banned international media from covering the war. Instead, news organizations rely heavily on Palestinian journalists and residents of Gaza to show what is happening in the world. Israel often question the affiliation and prejudice of Palestinian journalists, but does not allow others.
Many of the journalists working in Gaza The same struggle to find foodfor yourself and their families, as people they cover.
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Ridman reported from Jerusalem.
