Gaza – Saba:
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate considered the martyrdom of journalist Ahmed Abu Aisha, a correspondent for Palestine Today TV, on Thursday, a new crime in the Zionist enemy's dark record against the truth.
It is part of a long series of systematic violations targeting Palestinian journalists in an attempt to silence the free voice and obscure the truth.
The Syndicate said in a statement that "Abu Aisha was directly targeted by Israeli enemy drones while he was standing in front of his home west of al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, leading to his immediate martyrdom, in a clear and deliberate crime against an unarmed journalist performing his professional and national duty."
It added that the Israeli enemy "follows a systematic policy of targeting journalists and media institutions, in flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian laws that guarantee the protection of media professionals during armed conflicts," according to the Palestinian News Agency, Wafa.
The Syndicate called for urgent international action and demanded that the International Criminal Court hold the enemy leaders responsible for these crimes accountable. It emphasized that journalists in Palestine have become targets for murder simply for conveying the truth to the world.
The statement noted that dozens of Palestinian journalists have been killed since the beginning of the Israeli aggression, while others have been wounded to varying degrees. Dozens of media outlets have been destroyed in a failed attempt to silence the voice of truth.
The Syndicate concluded its statement by saying, "Despite the killing, bombing, and destruction, the Palestinian press will remain free, and our pens and cameras will bear witness to the crimes of the Israeli enemy. They will not be broken or intimidated by the war machine."
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