Gaza: Three Palestinian journalists were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza. This time, Israeli fighter jets targeted the car of Palestinian journalists who were capturing the truth on camera. Three Palestinian journalists were killed on the spot in the attack, while another person also lost his life. The journalists were working for the Egyptian Committee for Gaza Relief and were reporting on ground conditions.
According to media sources, Israeli military aircraft targeted the journalists’ car near displacement camps in the city of Al-Zahra. The journalists killed in the attack have been identified as Anas Ghunaim, Abdul Raouf Shaat, and Mohammed Qishta. All three were documenting the humanitarian situation in central Gaza.
Gaza’s Director General of the Ministry of Health, Munir al-Bursh, told the Al Jazeera satellite channel that the photojournalists who were killed were affiliated with the Egyptian Committee for Gaza Relief, which oversees Egypt’s relief activities in Gaza.
The committee’s spokesperson, Mohammed Mansour, told the Associated Press that the journalists were filming a newly established displacement camp. He said the attack occurred about 5 kilometers away from an area under Israeli control, and that the vehicle targeted was already known to the Israeli army as belonging to the Egyptian Committee.
Video footage that emerged after the incident shows a burned and completely destroyed car on the roadside, with smoke rising from it. According to Al Jazeera, in addition to the journalists, a fourth person was also killed in the attack.
According to the report, Israel has been the country responsible for the highest number of journalist killings over the past three years. Since the beginning of the ongoing war on Gaza, 260 media professionals have been killed.