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Israeli military says it can't guarantee journalists' safety in Gaza

news.yahoo.com Israeli military says it can't guarantee journalists' safety in Gaza

Gaza, a Palestinian enclave run by the militant group Hamas, has been under bombardment since Oct. 7 when Hamas gunmen burst through the Gaza border into Israel and killed some 1,400 people. Gaza's health ministry says around 7,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes.

The Israel Defense Forces wrote to Reuters and AFP this week after they had sought assurances that their journalists in Gaza would not be targeted by Israeli strikes.

"The IDF is targeting all Hamas military activity throughout Gaza," the IDF letter said, adding that Hamas deliberately put military operations "in the vicinity of journalists and civilians".

The IDF also noted that its high-intensity strikes on Hamas targets could cause damage to surrounding buildings and that Hamas rockets could also misfire and kill people inside Gaza.

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Well, is this worse from when they shot journalists in the head? Or from when they shoot medics in the chest?
They are not even pretending to care, we need to asmit that Israel is not so much better than Ryssia at this point.
- I would even argue that they are worse.
  
  Russia was using chemical weapons against civilians in Syria. At least Isreal hasn't done that (yet).
  
  Not defending their genocide tho, just to be clear.
So they’re targeting Journalists what a surprise
- And their families as well. The attack on the family of the Al Jazeera bureau chief could only have been deliberate.
Yeah, the IDF deliberately targets journalists. We all know this.
- the IDF deliberately targets journalists.
  
  Citation? Some journalists have been hit but I haven't seen evidence they deliberately targeted them.
  
  I guess a fair question to ask in return would be how accurate do you believe Israeli intelligence is at providing location data for bomb strikes in Gaza?
  
  Channel 13 journalist Zvi Yehezkeli admits Israel purposefully and premeditatedly murdered the family of Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh: “Generally we know the target. For example, today there was a target: the family of an Al Jazeera reporter. In general, we know.”
  
  I'm not sure what level of confirmation you're looking for here but I don't think the IDF is going to come out and say it. I guess a whistleblower?
  
  This one seemed intentional: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/reuters-videographer-killed-southern-lebanon-2023-10-13/
  
  They were nowhere near any legitimate targets.
Gee, thanks for giving a warning after having already killed like two dozen of 'em!
They cut the internet as well so journalists would have a hard time reporting what's happening on the ground. The information war intensifies.
god it's so refreshing that the IOF doesn't have a posting presence on lemmy
Also from the article

“The situation on the ground is dire, and the IDF’s unwillingness to give assurances about the safety of our staff threatens their ability to deliver the news about this conflict without fear of being injured or killed," Reuters said in a statement in response to receiving the Israel military letter.

Would you say that it's just indiscriminate bombing at this point or that it's more of a deliberate threat?
- Both.
  
  They want to “cleanse” Palestine, but they can’t have those pesky journalists reporting on all of their blatant war crimes
Can’t or won’t.
It's because they are also terrorists.
Can't make an omelette without dropping a JDAM or two. Kitchen should have known better than to be harboring eggs.
Yeah, the IDF deliberately targets journalists. We all know this.

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