Israeli military kills another journalist in Gaza, renewing outcry over ‘systematic’ attacks on press

An Al-Quds Today TV correspondent was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, adding to the mounting toll in what has become the deadliest war for journalists in recent history.

Islam Abed was killed on Sunday evening when an Israeli warplane dropped a bomb in Gaza City.

The al-Quds Today satellite television channel condemned the killing of Abed in a “treacherous” Israeli strike on Gaza City.

“The Israeli killing machine will not succeed in silencing our voice, the voice of the Palestinian people,” it said, affirming its unwavering commitment to the message of resistance media.

The Gaza media office, in a statement, condemned the “systematic” targeting of Palestinian journalists and appealed to the international community to take measures to cease the killings and protect those working in the media.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate also condemned the murder of Abed.

Israel’s assault on Palestinian journalists is “a stain of shame that will forever haunt the perpetrators of truth and a comprehensive war crime added to the occupation’s extensive history of violations against journalists,” PJS said.

“[Israel is] entirely accountable for the death of colleague Islam Abed and all other media professionals who have been martyred while executing their professional responsibilities,” it highlighted.

PJS further urged international human rights and media organizations to undertake “immediate and impactful measures to ensure that Israeli leaders are held responsible for their continuous offenses against Palestinian journalism.”

Gaza’s fearless voice that exposed Israel's genocide for 672 days brutally silenced

Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues were deliberately killed by Israeli forces on Monday, sparking global outrage over the silencing of voices exposing Zionist war crimes.

The Federation of News Agencies of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also expressed its deep concern over the continued assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli forces while carrying out their duties.

The federation emphasized that what is happening in Gaza constitutes a clear violation of international laws and norms.

This comes in the context of Israeli violations of freedom of the press and media, and its policy of confiscating the truth, gagging, covering up its daily violations, and preventing them from reaching global public opinion, OIC warned.

As Israel persists in prohibiting foreign journalists from accessing the coastal territory, Palestinian reporters continue to be the exclusive source of firsthand reporting from within the war zone.

However, Israel’s onslaught on Gaza has been the single deadliest war for journalists.

On August 25, five journalists were killed by Israel in a “double-tap” attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, one of the deadliest of many Israeli strikes that have hit hospitals and media workers during the nearly two-year genocidal assault.

On August 11, Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, 28, was killed along with three of his colleagues in a deliberate Israeli attack on a media tent sheltering journalists outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.

The Israeli regime has killed at least 270 journalists and media workers in its more than 22 months of genocidal war on Gaza. It means the Israeli military has killed an average of 13 journalists per month.

According to the UN, attacking journalists is a violation of international humanitarian law and also constitutes a war crime.

Rights groups say that by systematically targeting journalists, Israel aims to create a news void that will cause its war crimes to go undocumented.

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