He cited a 2021 airstrike by Israel that destroyed a high-rise building in which offices for The Associated Press and Al Jazeera were housed. Mansour emphasized that violence against journalists in Gaza had picked up in recent years and had a chilling effect. Today the association said it did not know when entry to Gaza would reopen for journalists from Israel. The Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem called on Israel and Hamas in a statement Friday “to ensure the safety and freedom of reporting of our Palestinian members on the ground.” It also called on authorities “to ensure the safety of journalists inside Israel, where reporters have been subject to verbal and physical abuse by civilians and security forces.” The Committee to Protect Journalists and about 200 other organizations signed a letter last week calling for a cease-fire to prevent further harm to civilians. “In a way, the people who are needed the most are the ones who are most vulnerable right now,” said Mansour, who is based in the U.S. Sherif Mansour, the Middle East and North Africa program coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists, said anyone working in Gaza is in danger. The first week of the conflict, when 15 journalists died, was the deadliest week for journalists in warfare since the committee began keeping records in 1992. Three others were killed in Israel during the terrorist attacks by Hamas, and one was killed at the Israeli-Lebanon border, the committee said. He was the 19th journalist killed there since fighting began Oct.

Roshdi Sarraj, a journalist and filmmaker, died in Gaza yesterday after an Israeli airstrike, the committee said. The number of journalists killed in the war has risen to at least 23, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. secretary-general, said today.įuel is needed to desalinate water and for hospitals and for the aid organizations that are delivering assistance, he said. is in discussion with Israel about the issues.Īid going into Gaza through Rafah has not included fuel, Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the U.N. “The Israelis do have legitimate concerns about the diversion of any fuel to Hamas,” Miller said. And to this date, they have not reported to us any signs of diversion,” he said. agencies are the ones who are delivering the food, the humanitarian assistance, once it gets into Gaza. “We have been in conversation with the United Nations about this,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters. The Rafah crossing was opened Saturday, allowing for the delivery of supplies and other aid into Gaza from Egypt, and convoys continued today. The United Nations has not reported any instances of diverted aid’s going into Gaza by Hamas, the U.S. 'That is the best and perhaps only way to achieve the lasting peace and security most Israeli and Palestinian families yearn for,' Obama wrote. He also urged all actors “to engage with those Palestinian leaders and organizations that recognize Israel’s right to exist to begin articulating a viable pathway for Palestinians to achieve their legitimate aspirations for self-determination.' Obama called for a strategy that minimizes harm to civilians, and he wrote that he was encouraged by aid trucks’ being allowed to head into Gaza from Egypt. “The Israeli government’s decision to cut off food, water and electricity to a captive civilian population threatens not only to worsen a growing humanitarian crisis it could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, erode global support for Israel, play into the hands of Israel’s enemies, and undermine long term efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region,” he wrote in another section. “But even as we support Israel, we should also be clear that how Israel prosecutes this fight against Hamas matters,” Obama wrote. support Israel in going after Hamas, both to dismantle its military capabilities and to rescue hostages. Writing on Medium, Obama said he fully supports Biden’s call that the U.S. Former President Barack Obama said Israel has the right to defend itself and denounced Hamas attacks on the country, but he warned that “any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs could ultimately backfire.”

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