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Qatar Press Center condemns the assassination of journalist Islam Abed, her husband, and their children

The Qatar Press Center condemns in the strongest terms the assassination of Palestinian journalist Islam Maher Abed, a correspondent for Al-Quds Al-Yawm TV, along with her husband and children, in an Israeli bombing that targeted their apartment in Gaza City. bringing the number of journalists killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, to 247, in addition to hundreds wounded and arrested, and the targeting and destruction of media institutions and headquarters.

The Qatar Center for Journalism affirms that the Israeli occupation continues its systematic policy since the beginning of the war of extermination against the people of Gaza, targeting journalists' workplaces, homes, and tents to prevent them from conveying the truth to the world and silencing their voices forever.

The Center renews its call on the international community, UN organizations, human rights organizations, and media organizations to condemn the targeting of journalists in Gaza and to take urgent action to hold the Israeli occupation accountable before international courts for war crimes against journalists and media professionals, who are the first line of defense for the truth and the voice of the field. and the voice of the field, where impunity has encouraged the Israeli occupation forces to continue their series of assassinations, arrests, and intimidation of journalists, in full view of the world.

The Government Media Office in Gaza condemned in the strongest terms the systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation, calling on the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all press organizations around the world to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip.

It called on the international community, international organizations, and organizations related to journalism and media in all countries of the world to condemn the crimes of the occupation, deter it, and prosecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes, bring the criminals of the occupation to justice, and exert serious and effective pressure to stop the crime of genocide to protect journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip, and to stop their killing and assassination.

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