One Group of Palestinian journalists in the city of Gaza had their tent bombarded by military forces of Israelon the afternoon of Thursday (25), After participating in a Videoconference with Brazilian reporters Organized by the National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj), the Palestinian Journalists Union and the Palestinian Embassy in Brazil. On the site, where the Solidarity Center of Journalists in Gaza worked, There were at least 20 professionals. Information about the incident was given by Fenaj through the embassy.
According to Palestinian ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben, until early afternoon there was no information about victims, but an Arab source, near the local union entity, said journalists managed to escape alive. The city of Gaza has been practically destroyed by Israeli forces since October 2023, when the war in Gaza Ecloded.
At the meeting onlinethe reports of union leaders Naser Abu Baker and Tahseen Al Astal, president and deputy of the Union of Journalists of Palestine, and nine more professionals acting in the Gaza Strip. They presented numbers to demonstrate that the Palestinian press is a priority target of Israel. Of the approximately 1,600 professional journalists registered in the Gaza Strip, 252 have been killed in Israeli attacks since the offensive offensive at the Palestinian enclave. Others 400 were injured and about 200 are arrested. At least 600 family members of these professionals were also killed in the war.
The journalist freelancer FIDA ASALIYA, one of those who were on the bombarded tent, stated that Press professionals in Palestine are paying with their own lives the price of transmitting the truth to the world.
“We are at the Center for Solidarity belonging to the Journalists Union amid constant bombing that is threatening our lives constantly, but we continue to do our work,” he said.
According to Fidaa Asaliya, the occupation makes no distinction between a journalist, a citizen or a member of resistance.
According to the reports, Professionals who are not dead have their homes bombardedforcing them to move then in search of a place to take shelter. Samir Khalifa, another journalist in Gaza, said that in 23 months of attacks has moved from one place to another 18 times. The Palestinian Journalists Union also points out that 647 residential properties of press professionals were destroyed by the invasion of the military forces of Israel.
Still according to the entity, since the beginning of the Israeli occupation, two years ago, About 3,400 journalists were prohibited from entering the enclave, 820 of them from the United States (USA), Israel’s main ally.
“The idea of the meeting was exactly promoting the opportunity of our Palestinians, who are being brutally murdered, reporting the reality they face to report on an offensive that has killed nearly 70,000 people, mostly women and children,” said Fenaj President Samira de Castro.
She lamented that Israel may have monitored the meeting and acted soon later to silence more voices at her genocidal and ethnic cleansing crusade.
The conversation with Brazilian reporters, at the invitation of Fenaj and with the participation of Brazil agencyIt happened with groups of Palestinian journalists installed on tents in two makeshift centers, one in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, and another in the city of Gaza, to the north, which has been practically destroyed by the bombing of the military forces of Israel.
In a statement, the Editorial and Programming Committee (Comep) and the Social Participation, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (CPADI), both forums of social participation of Communication Brazil Company (EBC), expressed repudiation of the bombing that hit the Solidarity Center of Journalists in Gaza.
“The attack occurred half an hour after Palestinian journalists participated in a virtual conversation wheel promoted by the National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj) and the Palestinian Embassy in Brazil, in dialogue with dozens of Brazilian media professionals. The episode confirms that Israel monitors and pursues journalists to silence voices that denounce genocide on the gaza. Palestinians, who are still working at permanent risk of death, forced displacements and destruction of their homes and workplaces, “says an excerpt from the demonstration.
Committees demand from the United Nations, the international community and human rights protection bodies “urgent and concrete measures to cease the crimes of war committed by Israel.”
THE Brazil agency He asked the Israel’s embassy early on the Violence against Palestinian journalists and is awaiting a return for an increase in this report.
The Gaza Strip is a Palestinian territory that has been the target of intense bombing and army attacks from the Israeli army from an attack by the Israeli Hamas group in October 2023, which left about 1,200 dead and made 220 hostages. Hamas, who rules Gaza, maintains that the attack was a response to the siege of more than 17 years imposed on the enclave and also the occupation of Palestinian territories by Israel.
The Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip, since then have made more than 60,000 victims, and destroy hospitals, schools and all kinds of infrastructure that provides services to the population. A blockade to the territory borders also make it difficult to enter food and medicines, aggravating the humanitarian crisis. According to Israel, the goal is to rescue the hostages that are still with Hamas and eliminate the group completely.
The conflict was One of the main topics From the General Assembly of the United Nations, held this week in New York, United States. Before and during the event, traditionally allied countries in Israel and the United States announced official recognition to the Palestinian State, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia. Brazil recognizes Palestine as a country that has been entitled to sovereignty since 1967 and supports the peaceful coexistence of two states: one for Palestinians and one for Israeli.
Despite the international pressure, the Israeli government has risen the tone and stated that there will be no Palestinian.
Extended Article at 8:06 pm to increase information from the Editorial and Programming Committee (Comep) and the Social Participation, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (CPADI) Committee of EBC.
