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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Chris McGreal

Press freedom groups urge Biden to hold Israel accountable for killings of journalists

Flowers and candles are placed among pictures of journalists killed in the war between Israel and Hamas
Flowers and candles are placed among pictures of journalists killed in the war between Israel and Hamas at a vigil in New York in November. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Leading press freedom groups and human rights organisations have called on Joe Biden to do more to pressure Israel to “abide by international law” amid accusations that its military is targeting journalists in the Gaza war, and to hold it to account for the killings of reporters.

The Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch, Freedom House and other groups said in a letter to the US president that more media workers have been killed in the conflict since the Hamas attack on 7 October than in any single country over an entire year.

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