'Shame on all journalists not raising their voice against the massacre of their brave Palestinian colleagues while documenting the genocide,' says Francesca Albanese
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories slammed journalists who have chosen to remain silent over the massacre of their colleagues in Gaza in Israeli airstrikes Monday.
"Shame on all journalists not raising their voice against the massacre of their brave Palestinian colleagues while documenting the genocide," Francesca Albanese wrote on the US social media company X’s platform.
Reposting a photo of a camera recovered from the attack referred to in the original post as "The Weapon Israel Fears the Most,” she said it should one day be exhibited in a “Genocide Memorial” honoring the “innumerable victims of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.”
At least 47 Palestinians, including six journalists, were killed Monday and dozens were injured in fresh Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to medics.
The Health Ministry said 20 people were killed, including five journalists and a firefighter, in an Israeli strike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
It said the Israeli army hit the fourth floor of one of the complex’s buildings with two airstrikes, noting that the second strike occurred as rescue teams arrived to evacuate the wounded and recover the dead.
Among the deceased was Hussam al-Masri, who worked as a photojournalist for the Reuters news agency, while the Qatari channel Al Jazeera confirmed that its photographer Mohammad Salama was also killed.
A medical source confirmed to Anadolu the death of photojournalist Mariam Abu Dagga.
Photojournalist Moaz Abu Taha was also killed in the Israeli strike targeting the hospital.
Medical sources also told Anadolu that Ahmed Abu Aziz, a freelance reporter with Tunisian and Moroccan news sites, died of injuries he sustained in the Israeli strike.
Israel has killed more than 62,700 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, which is facing famine.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
