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Israeli strikes on Gaza City killed Palestinian journalist Islam Al Abed, Sunday. This brings the total number of journalists killed by Israeli fire to 247 since the war began on 27 October, 20023 according to the Gaza Media Office.
Abed, a correspondent for Al-Quds Today TV was among the dozens killed on Sunday as a result of the Israeli bombing of different areas of the Gaza City in retaliation of the targeting of Israeli soldiers in which at least one was killed and 20 injured the previous day.
In a statement, the Gaza Media Office condemned what it described as the “systematic” targeting of Palestinian journalists and urged the international community to take action to stop the killings and protect media workers according to Anadolu.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate also denounced the killing of Abed, calling Israel’s targeting of Palestinian journalists “a stain of shame that will haunt the killers of truth and a full-fledged war crime added to the occupation’s long record of violations against journalists.”
The syndicate held Israel “fully responsible for the killing of colleague Islam Abed and all other media professionals martyred while performing their professional duty” and called on global human rights and media organizations to take “urgent and effective action to hold Israeli leaders accountable for their ongoing crimes against Palestinian journalism.”
Israel has killed nearly 63,500 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, which is facing famine.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
