The Al Jazeera Media Network has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of a Palestinian journalists’ car in northern Rafah that killed Al Jazeera’s Hamza Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, as well as seriously injuring fellow journalist Hazem Rajab.
The latest killings demonstrate “without a doubt the Israeli forces’ determination to continue these brutal attacks against journalists and their families, aiming to discourage them from performing their mission, violating the principles of freedom of the press”, the network said, adding that the attacks also “undermine the right to life”.
Al Jazeera called for “the International Criminal Court, governments, human rights organisations and the United Nations to hold Israel accountable for its heinous crimes” and demanded “an end to the targeting and killing of journalists”.
The media organisation promised to take “all legal measures to prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes” and pledged to stand “in solidarity and support with all journalists in Gaza”.
“Al Jazeera reaffirms its commitment to achieving justice for more than 100 journalists killed, and to continuing to cover these grave violations”, it said.
Source: ALJazeera
