AP, Reuters Demand Answers From Israel On Airstrike That Killed Journalists Last Month
New York (AP) – Two major news agencies asked Israel to explain what happened in Israel, who killed five journalists during a strike to a hospital in Gaza last month.
Reuters and Associated Press, the top editors, called the Israeli government to önüş explain the deaths of these journalists and take every step to protect those who continue to deal with this conflict. His statements came on a one -month anniversary of the strike.
He was five journalists, including visual journalists killed in strikes Mariam Dagga, Employee working in AP and other news organizations; Reuters Cameman Hussam Al-Masri; and Free journalist Moaz Abu Taha, who was published by Reuters. Seventeen people were killed in the strike.
AP and Reuters, “We are renewing our request for an open account from the Israeli officials and encouraging the government to fulfill the obligation to ensure the freedom and protection of the press,” he said. “We are ruined and angry because of their deaths.”
Journalists died in the Nasser Hospital, which was protected by agencies within the scope of international law and stated that it was a place that was “very important for news from Gaza.
“This gravity requires a quick and clear explanation, then accountability and concrete actions to ensure that such attacks are never repeated,” he said.
Two agencies wrote a common letter immediately after the attack, but Israel did not respond. The Israeli army said it had launched an investigation into the incident.
The Gaza War became deadly for those who covered it. According to the Protection Committee of Journalists, about 200 journalists and media employees have been killed in the region since Hamas’s attacks on 7 October 2023. Relatively, according to CPJ, 18 journalists have been killed so far during Russia’s war in Ukraine.
AP reporting about the attack In the hospital, Israel has revealed serious questions about the logic of strikes and their realization.
The statement of the agencies was published the day before the plan to address the UN General Assembly during the annual leading meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The 33 -year -old Dagga was among the victims of the war. When there were Israeli forces, he and the other four reporters were killed NASSER HOSPITAL In Gaza town Khan Younis, with 17 other people.
The Israeli army said that he believes that there was a HAMAS surveillance camera in the hospital attack, and that journalists are not targeted without evidence. The Prime Minister described the attack as ‘mishap’.
