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Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from international media to freely access the Gaza stripclaiming a “extreme security situation”in Palestinian territory, the scene of a war between Israel It is Hamas for three months.
In response to the request presented by the Foreign Press Association (FPA), which represents journalists working for international press organizations covering Israel, West Bank and the Gaza stripIsraeli justice argued that this access could “putting at risk the forces in action on the ground and the safety of soldiers”, revealing data such as your location.
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Although the ban “does not allow full exercise [..] of press freedom“, It is “prudent and reasonable“given away”the extreme situation in terms of security” in Link currently, andthe real risks” that such authorizations would entail, the court indicated.
The court recalled that journalists can currently enter the Gaza stripwithin a limited period of time and as long as they are accompanied by the Israeli army.
But, according to the FPA, these accesses “are limited to selected foreign media outlets“and they are”strictly controlled”.
Only Gaza journalists, who were in the territory when the war began, document the conflict from the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Trapped there and facing the same fate as the rest of the population, they pay a high price for the war. At least 79 journalists and media professionals, especially Palestinians, have died since the start of the war between Israel and the Islamic movement. Hamasaccording to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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O International Criminal Courtinvestigating alleged war crimes committed in Palestinian Territoriesdeclared that it will include in its investigations the crimes committed against journalists, following the deaths of dozens of these professionals in Gaza.
The war was triggered after an attack by Islamic Hamas militiamen in the south Israelwhich left almost 1,140 people dead, most of them civilians, according to an AFP count based on Israeli data.
The ground and air offensive that Israel launched in response, promising “annihilate” to Hamas, left more than 23,210 dead in the Gaza Strip, the majority of them women and minors, according to the Islamic movement’s latest report, announced this Tuesday.
Source: Elcomercio
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