On August 25, Israel attacked Nasser Medical Complex, the largest health facility in southern Gaza, and murdered 20 innocent people. They used what is called a Double Tap. First they attacked the 4th-floor stairway of the hospital with a drone strike, killing two and injuring dozens. The attack gathered rescuers, aid workers, doctors, and journalists to help the injured, and document the truth. It was widely known that journalists gathered on this stairway to access the hospital’s Wi-Fi. Within 15 minutes a second bomb struck, killing 18 more, including a doctor and five journalists.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been responsible for the death of 245 journalists, more killed than in every war since the Civil War. Why? Israel does not want the truth of their genocide in Gaza to be seen by the world.
The Committee to Protect Journalists reported, “Israel is engaged in the most deadly and deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented. Palestinian journalists are being threatened, directly targeted and murdered by Israeli forces, and arbitrarily detained and tortured in retaliation for their work.”