At least 212 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since beginning of war

At least 212 Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israeli military since the onset of the war in October 2023, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) announced on Wednesday.

The PJS condemned the continuous targeting of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli military, saying it is a deliberate policy aimed at silencing the truth and erasing the Palestinian narrative and amounts to a war crime under international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions. The statement came on the back of World Press Freedom Day on Saturday.

The PJS mourned the loss of journalists Yahya Subeih and Nour al-Din Abdo, who were killed while carrying out their professional duties. Subeih was killed in a direct air strike on a Thai Restaurant in western Gaza, just hours after the birth of his first daughter. Abdo was killed in a bombing that targeted al-Karama school in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood in the east of the city.

The PJS called on the international community, the UN Security Council, and the International Criminal Court to take urgent action to launch investigations, hold perpetrators accountable, and end the policy of impunity.