Havana. – At least 22 journalists have died in the Gaza Strip since Israeli bombings began on October 7, the Egyptian newspaper reported today. Al Ahram.
According to the electronic version of the newspaper, communicator Saeed Al-Halabi was killed in an airstrike on his residence in the Jabalia refugee camp in the last few hours.
In a similar incident in the city of Rafah, independent journalist Salma Makhimer and her son died, he said.
The non-governmental organization ActionAid this week condemned the constant aggression against Palestinian communicators in this coastal enclave, which it considered a serious violation of international law.
“Palestinian journalists have courageously documented the bombing of Gaza over the past two weeks at great personal risk so that the world can witness the devastation inflicted on civilians there,” he stressed.
With foreign journalists no longer allowed in the region since hostilities began on Oct. 7, their involvement was an important insight into the unfolding crisis, he said.
ActionAid noted that they continue their work “despite facing the same threats and difficulties as the rest of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents.”
Recently, the Freedom Committee of the Palestinian Union of Journalists announced that Ahmed Shehab, a programmer at, was among those who died Voice of the prison radiothe photojournalists Mohamed Al-Salhi and Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar and Hisham Al-Nawajah, agency photographer Khabar.
The list includes Muhammad Abu Rizq, the Ain Media Foundation; Ibrahim Lafi, editor of a news agency, and communicators Asaad Shamlikh, Salam Mayma and Hossam Mubarak.
In addition, 50 headquarters of institutions in the sector were attacked, including the offices of the Qatari television channel. AlJazeerafrom Palestine TVfrom news agencies maan And Khabaras well as newspapers Al-Quds And Al Ayyam.