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Joint Statement Requesting EU Action on Israel’s Unprecedented Killing of Journalists and Other Violations of Media Freedom in Gaza

Our organizations are writing to request that the European Union take action against the Israeli authorities’ unprecedented killing of journalists and other violations of media freedom, in contravention of Israel’s human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) obligations.
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Targeted killings of journalists: CPJ found that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) directly targeted and killed at least five journalists,[1] and CPJ is researching at least 10 other deaths that indicate possible IDF targeting. Other organizations such as RSF believe the number of targeted killings may be higher. Documenting and verifying the details necessary to conclude that targeting has occurred, while access to Gaza is constrained and reporting conditions remain dire, is difficult. The targeted or indiscriminate killing of journalists, if committed deliberately or recklessly, is a war crime. In one of these attacks, an IDF tank strike killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in southern Lebanon on October 13, as documented by extensive independent investigations by human rights and media organizations and supported by extensive forensic video analysis.[2] Six other journalists were injured.
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It might be time to accept that Hamas wants civilian deaths and the person who said it is now in charge.

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Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war, WSJ reports | CNN

The military leader of Hamas has said he believes he has gained the upper hand over Israel and that the spiralling civilian death toll in Gaza would work in the militant group’s favor, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, citing leaked messages the newspaper said it had seen.
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acri1 said:
Netanyahu clearly doesn't want a deal and is going to do everything he can to prevent a ceasefire before the election. :francis:



Hamas sucks and deserves to get defeated, but that doesn't in any way make murdering and starving 40k civilians somehow morally acceptable.

The idea that "Hamas bad" justifies whatever war crimes Israel feels like committing is infuriating.
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What Israel is doing cannot be defended without somehow equating any criticism of this operation as support for Hamas. The defenders of this operation are twisting themselves in to knots trying to justify this based on what Hamas did on October 7.

The dialogue in Israel right now seems to be whether raping prisoners is fair game or out of bonds, and there are literally people on "both sides" of that argument.

I'd like to hear someone's rationale as to why anyone being pro "raping prisoners" is somehow the fault of Hamas.
 
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