Palestinian reporters killed and foreigners barred in Israel’s battle for Gaza narrative | Gaza
Israel is running two Gaza campaigns: one for the military control of the lane; Another is for the narrative control of how the world understands what is happening there.
In theory, Palestinian journalists and social media impressives documenting hunger, mass killing and other Israeli war crimes in Gaza are civil law.
However, these paper guards meant very little to be a reporter in which more than 180 Palestinian journalists were killed in the 22 -month war, according to the guard protection committee.
Although targeting journalists is illegal, CPJ said that in the same period, 26 journalists were victims of targeted murders described as murder. Most recently, 28-year-old Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif was killed in a temporary news room outside a hospital with four colleagues on Sunday.
Press Freedom groups and journalists say that these murders are part of a intimidation campaign to close the vital reporting that Israel justified with the wrong allegations that they are hidden Hamas fighters in international areas.
A handful of permission was allowed with international reporters who were prevented from independent reporting in Gaza – according to Israeli military escort, but they are not allowed to act freely or talk to Palestinians – the studies conducted by journalists in Gaza are critical.
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Why is it so difficult to report about Gaza?
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The scope of the war in Gaza was restricted by a bar about the international journalists who entered the Gaza Strip to reports independently in the war, Israel’s attacks on Palestinian journalists.
Israel has not allowed foreign reporters to enter Gaza since 7 October 2023 unless Israel was under the military escort. The reporters who participated in these trips have no control on where they go, and other restrictions include a bar in talking to the Palestinians in Gaza.
Palestinian journalists and media employees in Gaza paid a heavy price for war reports. 180 killed Since the conflict began.
Journalists Protection Committee determined that at least 19 of them are “directly targeted by the Israeli forces in the murders classified by CPJ as a murder”.
Israel -based foreign reporters legal petition Seeking access to Gaza was rejected by the Supreme Court for security reasons. Private lobbying by diplomats and public appeals leading journalists And Media Organizations He was ignored by the Israeli government.
Given these restrictions, the Guardian works with reliable journalists to provide correct reporting from Gaza; Our visual teams confirmed the photo and videos of third parties; And during the past conflicts or during other conflicts or humanitarian crises, we use clearly originating data from organizations that are registered in Gaza.
Emma Graham-Harrison, Chief Middle East correspondent
“Prevention of international access, the murder of journalists, the aim of aiming for media facilities, punishment [Israeli] Sales points like Haaretz are part of a deliberate strategy to hide what happened in Gaza. CP CPJ General Manager Jodie Ginsberg.
When a BBC team reported that he had left humanitarian aid from a Jordanian military plane to Gaza, he drew attention to a recent event – but It prevented Israel from filming the following destruction by Israel.
“We had an example that international news teams were allowed to film air signs, but not destruction when the doors are opened.”
In July, Al-Sharif, one of the leading journalists still working in Gaza, became viral on social media when he disrupts the hunger. Passers -by called to continue to continue because he gave a voice to Gaza.
Shortly thereafter, an Israeli military spokesman – first revived the allegations published in 2024 – a militant, including accusing him of mimically imitation of mass hunger in the fake on hunger.
Cpj one stimulus Israel’s claims are a death threat.
“These last unfounded accusations represent the effort to produce consent to kill Al-Sharif, Sara “This was not targeted by the Al-Sharif Israeli army for the first time, but the danger for his life is now acute.”
Al-Sharif waited for his own death and described it as retaliation for reporting in a statement published on social media. “If these words reach you, know that Israel has managed to kill me and silence my voice,” he wrote.
Israel has published a document file that he said he had been saved from Gaza and that he tied Al-Sharif to Hamas. They ended in 2021 two years before the war began and they do not try to handle their regular appearance live on the camera.
As one of the most prominent journalists in one of the most closely observed places in the world, the role will be very difficult to combine with the command of a Hamas unit during a war.
Israel documents were published last year after another Al Jazeera journalist killed allegedly Ismail Al-Ghoul was given military rank at the age of 10.
While shaking contradictory and non -convincing evidence, the presence of these files reflected Israel’s concerns about the pressure of Western allies, and at least the need for the emergence of compliance with international law.
Despite international pressure, Israel did not provide any explanation for the deaths of four colleagues of Al-Sharif, and was killed in the workplace of protected civilians. Ginsberg said he was afraid that there was a warning that this is already increasing imaginary risks.
“What’s surprising to me is that they didn’t even try to justify other murders,” he said. “So they confess to kill journalists, knowing that they are journalists.
“I think this is intended to have a creepy effect to show that Israel can do what he loves, and no one will take any action.
“If we are at a stage where Israel can target all of a news team so cruelly, what does it mean for the safety of other journalists working there. Who is next?”
The French historian Jean-Pierre Filuu, who was allowed to enter Gaza during the conflict, said that a month of research convinced him that Israel was trying to silence reporting from Gaza.
“Now I understand why Israel denies international press access to such a terrible scene” in question In an interview with Haaretz after his trip. “In the past, in a series of war zones, from Ukraine to Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Somalia, I have never experienced anything like that.”
