A year ago, my dear friend and relative, journalist Amna Homaid, was brutally killed, along with her eldest child, Mahdi, 11. She was targeted following incitement against her by Israeli media.I still remember the flood of grief and condolences that poured in, keeping the family occupied for the first days following her murder. International media reached out to Amna’s husband with condolences. Articles about her murder and the incitement that preceded it circulated widely. Social media was overflowing with posts about Amna and her achievements, all with the same grieving tone.Meanwhile, people mourning her were staggering between grief, pride, and blame. Blame directed not at Israel that killed her, nor at the world that allowed the killing, but at Amna’s decision to choose the deadly path of journalism in a country excluded from international law.The grief eventually faded. Amna was gradually forgotten, and no institution, no government ever sought an investigation into her murder. But what happened with her is not an exception; it is the rule.This is what will likely happen with journalists Hussam al-Masri, Mohammad Salama, Mariam Abu Daqqa, Ahmed Abu Aziz, and Moaz Abu Taha, who were killed today in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. The massacre is briefly making the headlines now, but will soon be forgotten the way Amna’s murder was.Although thes …
