GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), The Hamas Movement has said that Israel’s continued targeting of Palestinian journalists and media workers demonstrates its disregard for international law and its ongoing efforts to silence the truth.
In a statement, the Movement condemned the killing of Al Jazeera Mubasher cameraman Ahmed Washah on Saturday, describing it as another crime in Israel’s long record of attacks against Palestinian media professionals and its attempts to suppress voices documenting the reality of the war in Gaza.
Hamas said that the targeting of journalists and media workers, despite the protections afforded to them under international humanitarian law and international conventions, shows Israel’s contempt for legal norms and its determination to continue its actions without accountability.
The Movement added that Palestinian journalists have become direct targets as part of a systematic policy aimed at concealing the truth and preventing the documentation of crimes and violations against civilians in the Gaza Strip.
According to Hamas, these attacks come after Palestinian, Arab, and international media outlets succeeded in drawing global attention to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza.
The Movement called on the United Nations, international human rights organizations, and global media institutions to take urgent action to protect journalists and civilians, halt attacks against them, and pursue accountability through international legal mechanisms.
Ahmed Washah, a cameraman for Al Jazeera Mubasher, was killed on Saturday evening when an Israeli strike hit a home in Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Washah was the brother of Mohammad Washah, an Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent who was also killed in an Israeli strike on his vehicle west of Gaza City on April 8.
Journalists in Gaza have faced sustained risks since the start of the Israeli genocidal war. According to Palestinian sources, the killing of Ahmed Washah brings the number of journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023 to 263.
