UN slams Israel's killing of Gaza journalists
The UN human rights agency on Monday condemned Israel's targeted killing of six journalists in Gaza as a "grave breach of international humanitarian law". The office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on X that the Israeli military had targeted a tent housing five staff from Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera.
A freelance journalist was also killed in Sunday's strike, which Israel has acknowledged was a planned operation.
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