Israel strike kills two journalists in Gaza

Two more Palestinian journalists were killed in separate Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, raising the overall death toll among media professionals since October 2023 to 208, local authorities said today.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said Hossam Shabat, a correspondent for Qatar-based Al Jazeera Mubasher channel, was killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza.

Mohammed Mansour, a reporter for Palestine Today TV, was also killed in another air strike that struck his apartment in the southern city of Khan Yunis. His wife and child were also killed in the attack, the broadcaster confirmed in a statement.

The media office held Israel, the US, and their allies, including the UK, Germany and France, fully responsible for what it described as “a brutal crime”.

It appealed to the international community and relevant institutions to exert meaningful pressure to stop what it called an “ongoing genocide” and to ensure protection for journalists and media workers.