Reporters Without Borders (RSF) fiercely condemns the killing of four Palestinian journalists by Israeli army strikes in Gaza on Monday, 25 August. The slain news professionals are Hossam al-Masri, a freelance photographer for the Reuters news agency; Mariam Abu Daqqa, freelance journalist for The Independent and the Associated Press (AP); Moaz Abu Taha, correspondent for the American broadcasting network NBC; and Mohamad Salama, press photographer for Al Jazeera. This comes after the murder of Khaled al-Madhoun on Saturday, 23 August, totalling five journalists killed in two days. According to RSF information, all were deliberately targeted. RSF is once again calling for an emergency UN Security Council Meeting to end this massacre of journalists.

Update on 25 August: A fifth journalist, Ahmed Abu Aziz, working for several local Palestinian media outlets and Tunisian radio station Diwan FM, died from his injuries after being hit by the strikes on the hospital a few hours after this article was published.