GAZA CITY: Two reporters for Qatari television Al Jazeera were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Wednesday.
Anadolu Agency reported the Doha-based broadcaster said journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi lost their lives in the attack that targeted a car near the Aidia area west of Gaza City.
Gaza’s government media office said the new fatalities brought the number of Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip to 165 since Oct 7, 2023, it added.
In a statement, the media office called on the international community and press organisations “to deter the (Israeli) occupation and prosecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes, and to pressure it to stop the crime of genocide and halt the killing and assassination of Palestinian journalists.”
At least 39,445 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 91,000 injured in Israel’s continuous brutal attacks on Gaza since Oct 7 2023, according to local health authorities. – BERNAMA-ANADOLU
