At least 26 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since Israel unleashed its bombing campaign on the besieged enclave in response to the October 7 Hamas attack, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Monday.
The majority of the Palestinian journalists were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, with three reported being shot dead on October 7. The CPJ said four Israeli journalists were killed in the Hamas attack. A Reuters journalist was killed by Israeli shelling in Lebanon on October 13.
For comparison, the CPJ has reported that 15 journalists have been killed in Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022.
The staggering journalist death toll in Gaza reflects the massive civilian casualties in Israeli airstrikes. Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Sunday that at least 8,306 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli onslaught, including 3,457 children.
President Biden has accused the Palestinians of lying about the death toll, but Gaza’s Health Ministry is considered reliable, and the numbers reflect the massive number of bombs Israel has dropped on the enclave. UN officials told The Wall Street Journal that they believe the death toll is likely much higher since it doesn’t include people still under the rubble.
Gosh, who runs the ‘Gaza Health Ministry’? I mean, they’re like totally not connected in any way, shape or form to ‘Hamas’, right? They’re an independent organization, unafraid to stand up to ‘Hamas’… yeah…
Why don’t you tell us in plain language what you imagine the relationship between Hamas and the Gaza Health Ministry means about the information in this report? Use simple words and declarative sentences so that we can understand you fully before we compose replies.
C’mon, give it a shot.
I was just reading an article, which I don’t have in front of me anymore, claiming (as an aside) that the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty count claims normally match later UN estimates. Since the differential between Israeli and Arab casualties is almost always huge, it’s not like they really have to make sh*t up.
Yes. When Biden’s comment about the fatalities popped up, there were stories citing Israeli and UN sources saying that they tend to accept the numbers from the health ministry.
Gosh, I figured any thinking person could figure it out, Dude/Dudette… is English your first language?
Oh, I’m pretty sure we figured it out immediately upon reading. I just wanted to give you an opportunity to clarify before accusing you of being a knowing apologist for genocide. Consider yourself accused.
What are you talking about!? I’ve posted consistently at the need to destroy Hamas! Free Palestine… From Hamas! Poof, genocide problem solved…
Gosh, when you bomb everything people don’t die?
Soo…you want some independent journalists to refute the Gaza Health Ministry? Well that’s quite impossible when Israel is killing them by the dozens and can’t guarantee anyone’s safety, can they? Not to mention depriving Gazans of water, power and food.
Yeah, whatever… Yes, I want to hear this sort of information from ANYBODY besides the so-called ‘Gaza Health Ministry’. The Red Cross (not the Red Crescent) Doctors without borders, and so on… Of course, they would just be spewing Israeli propaganda if they came up with something else, right? You know nothing.
You not liking what he knows isn’t the same thing as him not knowing it.
Yeah it is.
Many of those “children” were probably between ages 20 – 40 carrying guns.
Gaza is run by Hamas.
Over the weekend I spoke to a bunch of Pro Palestinian Activists in Amsterdam and many of them don’t believe, or don’t want to believe what Hamas did. They say the media exaggerated the events.
Hamas has done so much damage to the Palestinian cause.
So now Bibi is going to try to de-Hamasify Gaza which will probably turn into another Putin like cluster f.
47% of Gazans are under 18.
I wonder why that is? Percentage of children worldwide averages out to 25%. I don’t know the reason, but as war continues the children will pay the price. So sad. What was Hamas thinking when they attack on Oct 7? Hamas had to know that Israel would fire on Hamas positions with little or no concern for collateral damage. Did they not care for their own children?
I don’t know. Maybe there is nothing better to do. And I believe people call Hamas terrorists, so their actions are expected. But it would be nice if someone cared about their children. It’s obvious that Hamas, Israel and the US don’t.
I call bull shit.
So, the 8,306 with 3,457 being children is an exaggeration? Please tell us by how much? Doubled? Would over 4,oo0 total and over 1500 children be acceptable? Is there a number in your head that you can come up with that takes into account a 139 square mile piece of land packed with over 2 million inhabitants that has been incessantly bombed for over 3 weeks? If you put a bullet through a sardine can, would you hit any sardines?
Quite an appropriate analogy.
Get me an independent number from anybody other than Hamas and the so-called ‘Gaza Health Ministry’… doctors without borders, the Red Cross (not the Red Crescent) and we’ll talk, otherwise… you know nothing.
You didn’t answer whether 4000/1500 deaths would be acceptable to you. That would be half of what is being claimed. I did point out that 2 million people are crammed into 139 square miles. Where exactly do you think those bombs are landing. What’s your estimate? A couple dozen?
freebeacon dot com/media/committee-to-protect-journalists-lists-hamas-members-on-list-of-journalists-killed-in-gaza/
hello propaganda
The propaganda from Israel is that everyone and everything is Hamas, including infants, doctors without borders and their own citizens that they kill according to the Hannibal Directive.
Come on man! HANDS OFF ALL MEDIA!
Especially Gideon Levy.
When you can call them human shields and every inch of the strip is a legitimate target because Hamas is everywhere, it’s hard to keep your hands (bombs) off of anyone or anything.
War reporting is dangerous work. Glad to see someone is willing to take the risk to give us a non governments view of any war.
Come on Mr. President! Open your eyes and ears!
We need your leadership to help guide the world toward PEACE!…….