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COMMENT: Palestinian journalists are being targeted in Gaza in unprecedented numbers, chief international correspondent Bel Trew, we need justice for our colleagues

Nearly two hundred Palestinian journalists have been killed in Israeli bombings in the Gaza strip over the last 18 months. In response, a collective of French professional organisations defending journalists and press freedom have signed an open letter denouncing the attack on the profession and the media blackout they claim…

Al-Jazeera says two of its reporters were killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said it is an "act of madness" to ban outlet that "won 53 Pulitzer Prizes"

The Palestinian president is scheduled to meet with U.S. officials to discuss postwar arrangements for Gaza

“Help us to stay alive,” stated Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh’s 15-year-old son Mahmoud and seven-year-old daughter Sham in a message on social media, days before they were killed along with their mother in what the journalist called a “targeted” Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

Al-Jazeera says its chief correspondent in Gaza has lost three members of his family in an Israeli airstrike

In a move seen as aimed at Al Jazeera and other media outlets operating in Palestinian territories, the Israeli government has approved a regulation to prohibit news organisations from “undermining national security, public order or serving as a basis for enemy propaganda”, according to media reports. 

On the heels of the devastating blast at a hospital in Gaza City, President Biden reaffirmed support for Israel, saying it did not cause the carnage. He also brokers a deal for limited aid to Gaza.