Israel accuses Gaza foreign press photographers of filming Hamas attack on October 7

The government of Israel This Thursday demanded explanations from the international news agencies AP and Reuters, as well as CNN and The New York Times, for having used images of Gaza journalists who crossed the border during the attack Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7 and accuses these reporters of complicity in the crimes.

“Four photographers working for these media outlets documented the horrors perpetrated by Hamas terrorists after crossing the border fence.” in between Israel and the Gaza stripindicates a statement from the Israel Government Press Office (GPO).

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In this part, the head of the GPO, Nitzan Chenrequires explanations from the heads of the SHOVEL, Reuters, CNN It is The New York Timesensuring that its journalists “They filmed the murder of civilians, the abuse of corpses and the kidnapping of men and women“, something he considered”crosses all red lines, professional and moral”.

On the other hand, the National Directorate of Public Diplomacy from the Prime Minister’s Office, Benjamin Netanyahudemanded that “Immediate action is taken in relation to photographers serving Hamas”.

“These journalists were complicit in crimes against humanity; His actions were contrary to professional ethics“, the institution indicated in a statement.

The former Minister of Defense and current member of the war cabinet, Beny Gantz He wrote today through his social networks that “The journalists who knew about the massacre and yet chose to remain idle spectators while children were massacred are no different from terrorists and should be treated as such.”.

The Israeli organization Honest reportingwhich monitors international media publications, published an article titled “Photographers without borders: AP and Reuters footage of Hamas atrocities raise ethical questions”, where the question “Photojournalists or infiltrators?”.

Honest Reporting alleged that crimes committed by Hamas militants on Israeli territory “were captured by photojournalists based in Link who work for agencies” AP and Reuters.

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“What were you doing there?“, the coverage”Was it coordinated with Hamas?“,”Did photojournalists who freelance for other media outlets, such as CNN and The New York Times, notify those outlets that they had violated a boundary?”, questions the article, which omits, however, that the holes in the separation fence remained open for several hours, during which not only Hamas militiamen crossed, but also residents of the Strip.

Honest Reporting also published several images attributed to four Palestinian photographers for the AP and Reuters and showing several scenes: a group of Palestinians on bicycles, apparently entering the Israeli village Kfar Aza, one of those most affected by the massacres; burned houses and armed militiamen invading that place; and militiamen transporting hostages from villages to the Palestinian enclave.

Furthermore, the Israeli organization published a photograph in which it states that one of the photographers appears hugging the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwaralthough he did not specify when the photograph was taken.

O Foreign Press Association in Israel told EFE that “The journalists in question are not members“and who will decide”how to act afterwards”. In the meantime, the media outlets in question are expected to make their own statements later.

The AP agency published a statement in which it categorically denies having information about the Hamas attack before it occurred, clarifying that the journalist who sent the photographs was a worker.freelance‘that he no longer works at the company and argued that “No AP team member crossed the fence at any time.”.

Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7, following an attack by the Islamist group that included rocket launches and the infiltration of around 3,000 militiamen who massacred around 1,400 people – most of them civilians – and kidnapped more than 240 in Israeli villages near Gaza.

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Since then, the Israeli Army has responded with daily and forceful bombings in the Gaza Strip and with an unprecedented ground incursion in recent years, which left more than 10,500 Palestinians dead, 26,400 injured and 2,550 missing, according to Palestinian authorities. in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.

From the first day of the escalation, international media outlets documented events on both sides of the border, under high-risk conditions.

At least 38 journalists have died in the region since the start of the war a month ago: 33 of them in Gaza, another four in Israel and one in Lebanon, making this period “deadliest for reporters since 1992“, according to him Committee to Protect Journalists.

Source: Elcomercio

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