[News] Israel Killed 175 Journalists for Telling the Truth About Gaza

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Israel Killed 175 Journalists for Telling the Truth About Gaza
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Huda Hegazi, teleSUR correspondent in Gaza, Oct. 2024. Photo: teleSUR.
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October 7, 2024
Journalists are among the main targets of the Israeli army, said Huda
Hegazi, teleSUR correspondent in the Strip.

On Monday, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) confirmed that
Palestinian journalists and media outlets have suffered 1,600 attacks in
the past 12 months.

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Since October 2023, the number of journalists killed in Gaza and Lebanon by
Israeli occupation forces has reached 175, a figure that surpassed the
number of journalist killings since 1992, according to the Committee to
Protect Journalists.

According to the Gaza Government Press Office, 175 media workers were
killed between October 7, 2023, and October 4, 2024. Additionally,
Palestinian authorities are investigating 130 cases of alleged killings,
detentions, or injuries.

On Sunday, dozens of people gathered in central Ramallah, called together
by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, to denounce the crimes committed
by Israeli forces. Among the most recent crimes was the killing of
journalist Hassan Hamad, who died in a bombing at the Jabalia refugee camp.
Human rights defenders have documented 514 victims within the families of
journalists, 124 journalists detained, and dozens of reporters injured,
some of whom lost their sight or suffered amputations.

“Journalists, especially media correspondents, are among the main targets
of the Zionist army,” said Huda Hegazi, the teleSUR correspondent in the
Gaza Strip. “We have spent 365 days covering the Israeli genocides day
after day and going through the same hardships as the rest of the people in
Gaza,” she stated, adding that the past year has been one of the most
difficult in her personal and professional life.

At times, she has found herself without shelter, food, water, or a
bathroom. She has also spent a year separated from her family, who are in
the northern Gaza Strip, while she traveled to various southern regions,
such as Deir al-Balah, Rafah, and Khan Younis.

“As a woman, it has been difficult to live. At first, I had no place to
take shelter and spent seven months sleeping in a car. Now I live in a very
small tent. Nevertheless, I have always had one goal: not to give up, to
keep covering the Israeli atrocities, and to show the world what Israel is
doing in the Gaza Strip. That’s why I keep going, but my wish is for this
war to end as soon as possible,” Hegazi stressed, recalling that the
Israeli army has been cutting communications for several weeks to hinder
the work of journalists.

*teleSUR/ JF Sources: PJS – teleSUR*
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