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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
184 Palestinian journalists killed since October 7, 2023
An Israeli strike on Al Jazeera staff in a tent near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on August 10, 2025 (Sunday) killed six journalists, four of whom were members of the Al Jazeera staff comprising correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal. The two other journalists killed were Moamen Aliwa and Mohammad al-Khaldi. The deadly strike on the tent was deliberately carried out by the Israeli military who labelled Anas al-Sharif as a 'terrorist' affiliated with Hamas, although many rights advocates stated that he was targeted for his frontline reporting. According to the Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ), a US-based independent non-profit that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists, the strike on August 10 also injured Ahmed al-Harazein, a 29-year-old driver and logistics provider for Al Jazeera. and two other journalists in the vicinity. With the six journalists killed on August 10 the worrisome tally of the number of journalists and media workers killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023 escalated to 184. Two-thirds of the killings of Palestinian journalists since October 7, 2023 were due to Israeli airstrikes, according to CPJ. The Palestinian journalists and media workers who have been killed since October 7, 2023 are shown in the graphic below. Palestinian journalists killed since 2023 outnumber the total number of journalists killed in the world, as shown below. Two Israeli journalists, Roee Idan and Yaniv Zohar, were killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. In what has been deemed as the deadliest period for journalists, CPJ's analysis shows that as of August 12, 2025, a total of 192 journalists were killed as a direct consequence of the Israel-Gaza War; comprising 184 (96%) Palestinians, 2 (1%) Israelis, and 6 (3%) Lebanese. Additionally: 132 journalists were reportedly injured. 2 journalists were reportedly missing. 90 journalists (including those in West Bank and Jerusalem) were reportedly arrested where Israel arrested 85 and Palestinian authorities arrested 5. Multiple instances of assault, threats, cyberattacks, censorships, and killings of family members. As of August 13, 2025, around 86.3% of the Gaza Strip remains under Israeli militarized zones or under displacement orders, or where these overlap, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). Palestinian fatalities as of August 13, 2025 stand at 61,722 with 18,430 or around 30% of those killed being children.
Mint
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Mint
Who is Muhammad Sinwar? Hamas leader found dead in Gaza tunnel after Israeli bombing
Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday said that the top Hamas commander and younger brother of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Muhammed Sinwar, was 'likely killed' in an airstrike on Gaza last week, reported News18, quoting several media reports. 'Based on all indications, Mohammed Sinwar was killed in a strike carried out on the grounds of the European Hospital in Khan Younis," News18 quoted Katz as saying while speaking during a closed-door meeting with parliamentarians. Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar, popularly known as Mohammed Sinwar, is a prominent Palestinian politician and militant who served as the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the leader of the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam brigades from October 2024, reported The New York Times. Born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp on 16 September 1975, Sinwar spent several years in Israeli and Palestinian Authority jails in the 1990s. He joined the military movement of Hamas in 1991. Arrested by Israel in 1991 for suspected terrorism, Sinwar was released within a year. But he was arrested for several years by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah in the 1990s. Sinwar is considered to have operated "behind the scenes", which gave him the nickname 'The Shadow'. Sinwar became the commander of Hamas' Khan Younis brigade in 2005. In 2006, he was a participant in the abduction of Gilad Shalit, who was released in 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, one of whom was his brother Yahya Sinwar, as per the reports. In May 2021, Israel made six assassination attempts on Sinwar. Earlier in 2014, Hamas announced that Sinwar had died during the Israel-Gaza War, but later the information was found to be incorrect. According to the Israeli intelligence, Sinwar is believed to be one of the masterminds of the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Israel had placed a $300,000 bounty on information about Mohammed Sinwar's whereabouts. On 13 May, the Israel Security Agency and IDF claimed that Sinwar was targeted in an Israeli airstrike on a bunker under the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis. Saudi channel Al-Hadath claimed Sinwar's body was recovered from the tunnel along with Muhammad Shabana, however, official confirmation is yet to arrive.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Watch '60 Minutes' Call Out Paramount's Editorial Interference in On-Air Rebuke After EP's Departure
On April 22, Bill Owens, only the third executive producer of '60 Minutes' in its 57-year history, abruptly resigned from his position, citing editorial interference from management at CBS. And now, the news magazine itself has aired a stinging rebuke of that interference, delivered on-air by host Scott Pelley as the closing segment of its April 27 broadcast. The network's parent company, Paramount, has been trying to clear the way with the Trump administration's Department of Justice for its Skydance merger. Following Trump's lawsuit against '60 Minutes' for what the now-President and his attorneys had suggested, with little basis, was a flattering edit to a 2024 interview with his opponent Kamala Harris, Paramount appears to have become worried it might not be smooth sailing for the merger after all. More from IndieWire David Chase Wasn't Sure James Gandolfini Was 'Threatening Enough' to Play Tony Soprano 'The Last of Us' Review: Episode 3 Sets Its Sights on Revenge - Spoilers Therefore, in January, CBS introduced a new layer of management to add extra supervision in vetting stories across CBS News' portfolio of shows. Susan Zirinski, who had once been president of CBS News, was named interim executive editor. In his on-air rebuke, Pelley was clear to mention that CBS had not killed any stories about the Trump administration or its effect on Americans' lives in the past few months. But his statement made it clear that interference had occurred. 'In tonight's 'Last Minute,' a note on Bill Owens, who until this past week was executive producer of '60 Minutes.' He was our boss. Bill was with CBS News nearly 40 years, 26 years at '60 Minutes.' He covered the world. He covered combat, the White House. His was a quest to open minds, not close them. If you've ever worked hard for a boss because you admired him, then you understand what we've enjoyed here. Bill resigned Tuesday. It was hard on him and hard on us. But he did it for us. And you. Stories we've pursued for 57 years are often controversial. Lately, the Israel-Gaza War and the Trump administration. Bill made sure they were accurate and fair. He was tough that way. But our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways. None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he'd lost the independence that honest journalism requires. No one here is happy about it, but in resigning Bill proved one thing: He was the right person to lead '60 Minutes' all along.' The on-air criticism, unusual for '60 Minutes' — though Lesley Stahl expressed her displeasure — follows increasing discontent across the broadcast journalism world as executives balance their reporters' independence with a desire to play nice with the administration. MSNBC was already in a mess, with falling ratings and Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's misguided November visit to Mar-a-Lago. The network then fired Joy Reid and reduced Alex Wagner's visibility. NBCUniversal is hoping to spin off the network as its own company later this year. Jon Stewart had also called out CNN and NBC News for telling reporters not to share their opinions. Mark Thompson seems to have stabilized the ship at CNN. He needed to, following Trump-courting missteps during the Biden years such as firing Brian Stelter (who's now been rehired) and hosting a town hall with Trump the day after he'd been found liable for rape as the verdict in the E. Jean Carroll civil trial. Not to mention that little matter of cutting from sobering footage during the first day of the war on Ukraine in 2022 to an Applebee's commercial. How to navigate this moment is something all the networks are struggling with, but in the case of CBS and '60 Minutes,' one thing does seem clear: The moves of the past few months that prompted Owens' departure were made to serve Paramount's interests, not the viewers'. Watch the entire segment of Pelley discussing Owens' departure below. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
New York Times
28-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
‘60 Minutes' Chastises Its Corporate Parent in Unusual On-Air Rebuke
In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at '60 Minutes' directly criticized the program's parent company in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program's executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign. 'Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,' the correspondent, Scott Pelley, told viewers. 'None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires.' A spokesman for Paramount had no immediate comment, and has previously declined to comment on Mr. Owens's departure. Mr. Owens stunned the show's staff on Tuesday when he said he would leave the highest-rated program in television news over disagreements with Paramount, CBS's corporate parent, saying, 'It's clear the company is done with me.' Mr. Owens's comments were widely reported in the press last week. The show's decision to repeat those grievances on-air may have exposed viewers to the serious tensions between '60 Minutes' and its corporate overseers for the first time. Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount, has been intent on securing approval from the Trump administration for a multibillion-dollar sale of her media company to a studio run by the son of Larry Ellison, the tech billionaire. President Trump sued CBS last year, claiming $10 billion in damages, in a case stemming from a '60 Minutes' interview with the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, that Mr. Trump said was deceptively edited. Ms. Redstone has expressed her desire to settle Mr. Trump's lawsuit, although legal experts have called the case far-fetched. In his remarks on Sunday night's telecast, Mr. Pelley presented Mr. Owens's decision to resign as an effort to protect '60 Minutes' from further interference. 'He did it for us and you,' Mr. Pelley told viewers of the show, which began airing in 1968. 'Stories we pursued for 57 years are often controversial — lately, the Israel-Gaza War and the Trump administration. Bill made sure they were accurate and fair. He was tough that way. But our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it.' After '60 Minutes' ran a segment in January about the war between Israel and Hamas, Ms. Redstone complained to CBS executives about what she considered the segment's unfair slant. A day later, CBS appointed a veteran producer to a new role involving journalistic standards. She reviewed certain '60 Minutes' segments that were deemed sensitive. Representatives for Mr. Trump and for Paramount are involved in settlement talks, and mediation is expected to start this week. Mr. Pelley's on-air monologue on Sunday night evoked a previous moment of public discord between '60 Minutes' and its corporate overseers. In 1995, also in a closing note to viewers, the correspondent Mike Wallace said on air that the program had chosen not to broadcast an interview with a former tobacco industry executive because managers at CBS News had given in to legal pressure. '60 Minutes' ultimately aired the interview, and the episode was later dramatized in 'The Insider,' a 1999 movie starring Al Pacino as Lowell Bergman, a '60 Minutes' producer. Sunday's '60 Minutes' episode also featured a segment that examined the Trump administration's decision to reduce funding to the National Institutes of Health, including an interview with a former director who expressed his concerns about adverse effects on Americans' health.
The National
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
Dave Chappelle set for Abu Dhabi Comedy Season in June
American comedian Dave Chappelle will return to the UAE capital for Abu Dhabi Comedy Season in June. The show, set for June 27 at Etihad Arena, will be Chappelle's fourth in the UAE. His 2024 event, part of the inaugural Abu Dhabi Comedy Week, welcomed a record-breaking 14,000 guests, the largest attendance for a comedy event in the region's history. Organised by Live National Middle East and GME Events in association with the Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi and Miral, Abu Dhabi Comedy Season will also feature comedians including Trevor Noah, Kevin Hart, Gad Elmaleh, Michael McIntyre, Fluffy, Pete Davidson, Bill Burr and more. Chappelle promised he would return to the UAE at the end of his 2024 Abu Dhabi show, saying: 'The fact that you guys are doing this festival here is one of the most powerful things that is happening in the world. I was told before stepping on stage that this is the biggest comedy show the Middle East has ever seen. Mark my words, I will be back.' The comedian, both widely beloved and consistently controversial, is known for his razor-sharp wit and fearless approach to comedy. His last set included pointed observations about the Israel-Gaza War, which he referred to as a 'genocide', as well as comments on US political figures and the African-American civil rights movement. The National's Saeed Saeed wrote in his review: "His latest show is primarily a celebration of telling jokes, no matter how big or small. At times it can be dazzling, with Chappelle's ability to twist and turn a particular premise when recalling his experience travelling in a time machine, while at other times it as direct as the toilet humour unheard of since high school days." Famed for his sketch comedy series Chappelle's Show (2003 – 2006), Saturday Night Live hosting appearances and his six acclaimed Netflix specials, the comedian has won five Emmy Awards in his career. Tickets, which require registration, go on sale at 8am on April 14 through Live Nation's website and April 15 on Ticketmaster's website, before a general sale on April 16.
