CrossFireArabia
The Palestinian Prisoners Club stated, Monday the Israeli occupation continues to detain 14 journalists in its prisons, while two others have simply disappeared and nobody knows were they are being held.
In a statement received by Sanad News Agency, coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, the Prisoners Club added that the occupation has killed more than 260 journalists in a systematic campaign of mass murder targeting witnesses to the crimes committed since the beginning of the genocidal war on Gaza.
The statement also stated that the Israeli occupation forces have arrested and detained more than 240 journalists, and that more than 40 of them are still in detention.
Read also: Documentary reveals the identity of the Israeli soldier who killed Shireen Abu Akleh
The statement further explained that at least 14 journalists from Gaza remain in detention. It also stated that two journalists Nidal al-Wahidi and Haitham Abdel Wahed have simply disappeared and Palestinians believe they are forcibly held by the Israeli authorities who are refusing to divulge where they are being held.
The Prisoners Club says their forced holding is a crime constitutes a grave violation of international law and reveals a deliberate policy of concealing their fate. It continued: “On this anniversary, we affirm that Palestine, like the prisoners and their families, has lost a professional and humanitarian voice that dedicated her life to unveilling the suffering of the Palestinians and their cause. The martyr Shireen Abu Akleh carried the cause of her people as a sacred trust, working tirelessly for years with all her might for it.”
The Club added: “Shireen remained a guardian of the truth until her last breath, like all the journalists who championed the cause of their homeland and the prisoners, and who were martyred in the pursuit of truth and exposing the crimes of the occupation.”
Shireen Abu Akleh was martyred on May 11, 2022. Investigations by Palestinian, Israeli, and international media and human rights organizations at the time concluded that she was shot by Israeli army fire while covering the raid on Jenin.
