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Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistake

Five Palestinian journalists, including an Al Jazeera cameraman, were killed in Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza.

At least 20 people, including five journalists, died as they rushed to help those wounded in the first strike

Gaza's civil defence agency said four journalists were among at least 15 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said "the death toll is 15, including four journalists and one civil defence member", after strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.

The UK signed a statement alongside other members of the Media Freedom Coalition which also condemned violence against journalists in Gaza.

COMMENT: As his health deteriorates in a Hong Kong jail, the businessman’s detention is now a test of Keir Starmer’s seriousness about human rights – and the government’s willingness to defend its citizens and values abroad, says Jodie Ginsberg

In four years, the Taliban have annihilated Afghanistan’s independent media sector and supplanted it with their own propaganda empire and sophisticated digital bots that flood social media with pro-Taliban content.

This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack

The New York-based media freedom organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalists, is scrupulous with its words. So, when the organisation described the killing of six Palestinian journalists in an Israeli air strike as “murder”, the word was a carefully considered choice.

Editorial: The Al Jazeera reporter is only the latest of many media workers to be killed. But silencing their voices won’t stem international outrage

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says 184 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war