CPJ says the Israeli military ‘continues to act with total impunity when it comes to the killing of journalists’.The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the past week as the Israeli military intensifies its bombardment of the besieged territory.
The United States-based watchdog said in a statement on Monday that the international community has failed to hold Israel accountable for its actions amid the growing death toll of journalists and civilians in Gaza.
“At least 95 journalists and media workers have been killed worldwide in 2024,” CPJ’s CEO Jodie Ginsberg said.
“Israel is responsible for two-thirds of those deaths and yet continues to act with total impunity when it comes to the killing of journalists and its attacks on the media.”
The remarks came a day after Israeli forces killed Ahmed al-Louh, a 39-year-old Palestinian journalist who worked for Al Jazeera as a cameraman, in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Over the previous days, Israel also killed journalists Mohammed Balousha, Mohammed Jabr al-Qrinawi and Eman Shanti. Advertisement
Hours before an Israeli air strike killed Shanti along with her husband and children in Gaza City on Wednesday, the Palestinian journalist wrote on social media: “Is it possible we’re still alive until now?”
According to local health authorities, Israel has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians in Gaza. It has also levelled large parts of the enclave and imposed a suffocating blockade, leading to deadly hunger across the territory.
United Nations experts and rights groups have accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
With no foreign reporters allowed to work in Gaza, Palestinian journali …