21 journalists have died since October 7 in fighting in Gaza, according to CPJ

The thirteen days of fighting in Link have already caused the death of 21 journalists – editors, photographers or cameramen -, 17 of them Palestinians, according to a new count by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Three of the dead journalists are Israelis and a Lebanese, and to them we must add the case of three others whose fate is unknown with certainty: an Israeli apparently held hostage by Hamasa Palestinian allegedly detained by the Israeli army and another Palestinian whose trail was lost.

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The number of journalists killed is practically daily, although the most tragic day was October 7th, when Hamas launched several surprise terrorist attacks: that day there were six deaths, half Israelis and the other half Palestinians.

Since then, and after the Israeli counter-offensive began, all the dead reporters were Palestinianswith the exception of one Lebanese.

The latest victims were recorded yesterday, when the cameraman Khalil Abu Aatrafrom television Al-Aqsawas hit along with his brother in an Israeli bombing raid in Rafa; the day before, the director of the same channel, Sameeh Al Nadkyalso fell in another similar bombing raid.

CPJ considers these cases proven, but adds that it is investigating “numerous unconfirmed reports” other cases of reporters killed, detained, injured or threatened, as well as attacks on buildings where some media outlets are located or on reporters’ own homes.

The commission, created in USA and with antennas in various places around the world, consider that at this moment “Link represents an especially high risk for journalists as they prepare to cover a possible land invasion in Israelcoupled with devastating Israeli bombings, extensive electricity cuts and communications failures.”

Source: Elcomercio

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