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Without Immediate Intervention, the Last Reporters in Gaza Will Die,
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<div class="gmail-field gmail-field--name-body gmail-field--type-text-with-summary gmail-field--label-hidden gmail-field--item"><p><em>\u201cSince
AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in
conflicts\u2026but none of us remember seeing a colleague die of hunger.\u201d</em></p>
<p>Gaza is being starved. Since March of this year, the zionists
announced they would not let in food, fuel, medicine or other items. A
couple of months ago, they created so-called \u201chumanitarian\u201d aid
distribution centers which have actually been a foil for mass
executions \u2013 with almost a hundred hungry people killed PER DAY as they
attempt to get food. We have run out of words to describe the depravity
of the white supremacist settler colonial outpost in West Asia \u2013 and
its white supremacists western government backers. </p>
<p>Gaza is being starved \u2013 while it is continuously being bombed \u2013 to
extinction. For the most part, the western media has been almost silent
about, if not complicit in, this 21-month long live streamed genocide.
This is why this statement from the <em>Agence France-Presse (AFP)</em>/Société
de journalistes (SDJ) is so remarkable. We must remember that
international media is barred from entering Gaza. The only ones who have
worked to bear witness to this genocide are local reporters. And the
zionists have assassinated more than 225 Palestinian journalists. The
AFP statement brings this reality into clear relief, as it focuses on
the dire plight of their on-the-ground Palestinian freelance journalists
in Gaza. Those few remaining on the ground are our last reporters on
the genocide. Who else will bear witness to the slaughter? Who will stop
the zionists?<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Without Immediate Intervention, the Last Reporters in Gaza Will Die</strong></p>
<p><strong>Agence France-Presse/Société de journalistes</strong></p>
<p>AFP [Agence France-Presse] has been working with one freelance
writer, three photographers, and six freelance videographers in the Gaza
Strip since the departure of its staff journalists in 2024. Along with a
few others, they are now the only ones reporting what is happening in
the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering
the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to see them die.</p>
<p>One of them, Bashar, has worked for AFP since 2010, first as a fixer,
then as a freelance photographer, and since 2024 as the main
photographer.</p>
<p>On Saturday, July 19, he managed to post a message on Facebook: \u201cI no
longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I
can no longer work.\u201d</p>
<p>Bashar, 30, works and lives in conditions equal to those of all
Gaza\u2019s, moving from one refugee camp to another as Israeli bombardments
dictate. For over a year, he has lived in absolute destitution and works
at enormous risk to his life. Hygiene is a major problem for him, with
periods of severe intestinal illness.</p>
<p>Bashar has been living in the ruins of his Gaza City home since
February with his mother, his four siblings, and the family of one of
his brothers. Their house is devoid of amenities or comforts, except for
a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that his older brother
had \u201cfallen from hunger.\u201d</p>
<p>Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP,
there is nothing to buy, or only at exorbitant prices. The banking
system has disappeared, and those who exchange money between online bank
accounts and cash charge a commission of nearly 40%.</p>
<p>AFP no longer has the means to have a vehicle, let alone the fuel to
allow its journalists to travel for their reports. Traveling by car is
tantamount to running the risk of being a target for the Israeli Air
Force. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart.</p>
<p>Ahlam, for her part, survives in the south of the enclave. And she is
determined to \u201cbear witness\u201d for as long as possible. \u201cEvery time I
leave the tent to cover an event, conduct an interview, or document a
story, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll come back alive.\u201d The biggest problem, she
confirms, is the lack of food and water.</p>
<p>We see their situation worsening. They are young, and their strength
is failing them. Most no longer have the physical ability to travel the
enclave to do their job. Their heartbreaking pleas for help are now
daily.</p>
<p>Over the past few days, we have understood from their brief messages
that their lives no longer depend on much and that their courage,
devoted for many months to informing the whole world, will not help them
survive.</p>
<p>We risk learning of their deaths at any moment, and it\u2019s unbearable.
This Sunday, Bashar wrote: \u201cFor the first time, I feel defeated.\u201d Later
that day, he told one of us that he thanked him \u201cfor explaining what we
live daily between death and hunger.\u201d \u201cI wish Mr. Macron could help me
get out of this hell.\u201d</p>
<p>Ahlam is still standing. \u201cI try to continue practicing my profession,
to carry the voice of the people, to document the truth in the face of
all attempts to silence it. Here, resistance is not a choice: it\u2019s a
necessity.\u201d</p>
<p>Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in
conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of
us remembers seeing a colleague die of hunger.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://x.com/SDJ_AFP/status/1947299808948973795" rel="nofollow" class="gmail-0" target="_blank"><strong>Agence France-Presse/Société de journalistes</strong><span class="gmail-0"><span class="element-invisible"> </span></span></a><strong>.</strong></p>
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