The past year of conflict in Gaza has been covered in the media with extraordinary bravery, mostly by local journalists. Israeli authorities have not allowed the foreign press inside the occupied territory, apart from via short media trips embedded with the military.
According to Reporters without Borders (RSF) more than 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces. The RSF also asserts that 32 of them were targeted and it has filed four complaints with the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
Israel has used its powers to shackle what it sees as dissent by shutting down Al Jazeera’s offices in Ramallah, Nazareth and East Jerusalem. In April the channel was taken off air inside Israel.
