In an unprecedented international operation organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the global campaigning movement Avaaz, more than 250 news outlets from over 70 countries will simultaneously black out their front pages and website homepages, and interrupt their broadcasting to condemn the murder of journalists by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. Together, these newsrooms demand an end to impunity for Israeli crimes against Gaza’s reporters, the emergency evacuation of reporters seeking to leave the Strip and that foreign press be granted independent access to the territory.
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Über 200 getötete Reporter: Weltweite Protestaktion von Reporter ohne Grenzen
Zusammen mit über 150 Medienunternehmen aus über 50 Ländern bekundet der Freitag heute seine Solidarität mit den palästinensischen Journalistinnen und Journalisten im Gazastreifen. Aus diesem Anlass bleiben Webseiten oder Titelseiten der Zeitungen schwarz. Kolleginnen und Kollegen weltweit „verurteilen die Verbrechen der israelischen Armee an palästinensischen Journalistinnen und Reportern in Gaza, fordern besseren Schutz für die dort arbeitenden Medienschaffenden sowie Notfallevakuierungen und verlangen, dass internationale Berichterstattende unabhängigen Zugang nach Gaza erhalten.“
Over 210 journalists killed in Gaza: RSF and Avaaz call on media worldwide to stage major operation on 1 September
On 25 August, one of these strikes targeted a building in the al-Nasser medical complex in central Gaza, a known workplace for reporters, killing five journalists and staff members of local and international media outlets such as Reuters and the Associated Press. Two weeks earlier, on the night of 10 August, an Israeli strike killed six reporters, including Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who was the intended target.
According to RSF data, more than 210 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip in nearly 23 months of Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territory. At least 56 of them were intentionally targeted by the Israeli army or killed while doing their job. This ongoing massacre of Palestinian journalists requires a large-scale operation highly visible to the general public. With this unprecedented mobilisation planned for 1 September, RSF renews its call for urgent protection for Palestinian media professionals in the Gaza Strip, a demand endorsed by over 200 media outlets and organisations in June. The NGO also calls for foreign press to be granted independent access to the Strip, which Israeli authorities have so far denied.