5 journalists lost their lives during the last hours in Gaza

Welat TV - Erbil

The government media office in Gaza, on Saturday, July 6, 2024, announced that the number of journalists, who lost their lives, since last October 7 had risen to 158 male and female journalists, after the killing of 5 journalists in different areas of the Strip.

The statement stated that the number of journalists, who lost their lives, had risen to 158 male and female journalists since the start of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, after 5 journalists died.

According to the government media office in Gaza, the five journalists, who recently lost their lives, are: Saadi Madoukh: Director of Deep Shot Media Production Company, Adlib Sukkar: Journalist at Deep Shot Company, Amjad Jahjouh: Journalist at Palestine Media Agency, and Wafa Abu Dabaan: Preparer and presenter. Programs on the Islamic University of Gaza Radio, Rizq Abu Ashkian: Journalist at the Palestine Media Agency.

Last February, the International Centre for Journalists (based in Washington) issued a report indicating that “the war on Gaza witnessed the highest levels of violence against journalists in 30 years.” The Centre called on Israel to "stop killing journalists and investigate incidents of their killing at the hands of its forces."

Since the start of military operations in Gaza, on October 7, the region has recorded more than 125,000 Palestinian deaths and injuries, and more than 10,000 missing persons, in addition to massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of dozens of children.