Israel kills another journalist in Gaza raising death toll to 173

Journalists stage a protest against the killing of their colleagues Tamim Muammar and Abdullah Al-Susi in an Israeli army attack on Khan Younis, Gaza on August 10, 2024. [Hani Alshaer – Anadolu Agency]

Another Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of media professionals killed since 7 October 2023 to 173, the Government Media Office said yesterday.

According to the statement, the Israeli army killed Abdullah Shakshak “who worked with several Arab media outlets.”

It went on to condemn Israel’s targeting of Palestinian journalists and called on the international community to hold the Israeli government accountable for “crimes against journalists”.

The statement urged the international community, international organisations, and groups concerned with the media industry and journalism to “deter the occupation, pursue it in international courts for its ongoing crimes and pressure it to stop the genocide and the killing and assassination of Palestinian journalists”.

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