IPI call to action: The international community must act urgently to protect journalists, civilians in Gaza and the region
Cenzolovka 12.01.2024
The IPI global network calls on the international community to take urgent and immediate action to ensure the safety of all journalists in Gaza and the region. We urge all states, including allies of Israel and Media Freedom Coalition members, to use all possible diplomatic means to hold Israel to its obligation to respect the rules of war, which requires states to protect journalists, as civilians, during times of armed conflict. The targeted and indiscriminate killing of journalists and civilians in Gaza
At least 75 journalists have been killed in three months since the war started — the largest number of journalists to be killed in this span of time in any modern war or conflict on record. A vast majority of those killed have been Palestinian journalists covering the war from inside Gaza, where relentless airstrikes by the IDF have resulted in staggering civilian casualties and wide-scale devastation. Just days ago the IDF deliberately targeted a vehicle carrying
