AMMAN, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini has said that the Gaza Strip has become the deadliest place in the world for journalists and humanitarian workers, noting that more than 230 journalists have been killed by Israel in the Strip.
“Palestinian journalists have been our eyes and ears covering the atrocities of the war on Gaza and bringing a human face to describe the impact. They have worked heroically and against all odds,” Lazzarini wrote on his X page Sunday.
“Together with humanitarian workers, they have paid a heavy ultimate price. More than 230 of them have been killed. Gaza is the deadliest place in the world to be a journalist, just as it is the deadliest place to be a humanitarian worker,” Lazzarini said.
“Since the war began, international journalists have been banned from entering Gaza independently — something that is fundamental to media freedom,” the UNRWA chief added.
He affirmed that such an Israeli ban “fuels disinformation campaigns and polarized narratives.” “It aims at questioning firsthand data and eyewitness accounts, including the testimony of international humanitarian organizations, as well as at dehumanizing Palestinians.”
“The ban on international journalists has lasted too long; lifting it is overdue,” he stressed.
