Israel's air raid in Gaza kills five journalists, report clinics

Israel's air raid in Gaza kills five journalists, report clinics

Five journalists were killed in a nightly Israeli air raid, which met their vehicle in the Gaza Strip, such an explanation of a hospital and their news channel on Thursday.

Details of the incident

The vehicle that belonged to Al-Quds Today Television was parked in front of the Al-AWDA hospital at the time of the attack. The broadcaster based in Gaza is connected to the militant group of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Ayman al-Jadi, Faisal Abu al-Qumsan, Mohammed al-Lada’a, Ibrahim al-sheikh Ali and Fadi Hassouna slept in the vehicle when the attack took place, other journalists reported on site.

reactions and follow

Video recordings from the afternoon of the attack show the vehicles on fire, whereby the words "TV" and "press" are visible in large letters on the back doors. Another video that is available shows the vehicle, which is completely on fire. Al-Qud's Today Television condemned the attack and said that the five journalists were "killed in fulfilling their journalistic and humanitarian duty".

confirmation by the Israeli military

The Israeli military confirmed that it had carried out the blow on an alleged “terrorist cell of the Islamic jihad” in the Nuseirira region, but did not present any evidence of its accusations.

statistics to protect journalists

The US non-profit organization "Committee to Protect Journalists" (CPJ) have been killed in Gaza, West Bank, Israel and Lebanon since October 7 of the last year. This has been the most dangerous time for journalists since CPJ started the data collection in 1992. Of the dead, 133 Palestinians were in the Gaza Strip, which bear a particularly high risk while trying to document the conflict.

further attacks on journalists

At the beginning of this month, another Israeli air raid in the Gaza Strip of an al jazera photographer a year after the fatal attack on one of his colleagues. Ahmad al-Louh, 39 years old, and four other people were killed by the attack, which aimed at an office of civil protection in the central Gaza Strip, in the Nuseirat Camp, according to the al-AWDA hospital that treated the victim.

reactions of news outlets

al Jazeera condemned the attack and explained that Al-Louh was "brutally killed" while he was accompanied by a rescue attempt for a family that was seriously injured in a previous bomb attack. Mohammad Al Sawalhi, a CNN correspondent in Gaza, reported that Al-Louh was well known among journalists in Gaza and often worked with civil defense to document rescue missions.

statements by the Israeli military

The Israeli military confirmed that it had attacked the civil protection offices with a "precise blow" because the location was allegedly used as a "operational and control center" by Hamas. In addition, the military accused Al-Louh of being a "terrorist" who had previously served with Islamic jihad. However, the IDF did not provide any evidence of these accusations.