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Arab News
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Israel attacks kill 2 Gaza journalists in separate operations
LONDON: Palestinian journalist Yahya Subaih was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on Wednesday, just hours after celebrating the birth of his daughter. Subaih was among at least 11 people killed when Israeli warplanes struck a restaurant in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City. Dozens more were injured in the attack, according to local media reports. Another local journalist, Nour Abdu, was reportedly killed while covering an attack early on Wednesday morning at a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City. That strike killed 16 people, according to officials at Al-Ahli Hospital, while strikes in other areas killed at least 16 others. The Government Media Office in Gaza condemned what it described as the 'systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists,' and called on the international community to act. In a statement, the office urged global powers 'to put serious and effective pressure to stop the crime of genocide, protect journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip, and stop the crime of killing and assassinating them.' Subaih, who worked with multiple media outlets, had shared a photo on social media just hours before his death, cradling his newborn daughter. 'A little princess has brightened our world,' he wrote. Footage circulating online shows Subaih wearing the same clothes he wore in the photo with his daughter. Palestinian journalist Yahya Subaih was blessed today with a beautiful baby girl who was waiting to see the light in her parents' arms. However, Zionist criminality overtook her father and killed him a short while ago in the new Gaza massacre. Journalist Yahya Subaih is a… — Abdul Aziz Khadra (@EabdaieazizK) May 7, 2025 His death adds to the growing number of media professionals killed in Gaza, which has become the most dangerous place in the world for journalists since Israel's war on the enclave began on Oct. 7, 2023. According to the Costs of War project by Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the current conflict is the deadliest ever recorded for journalists. More than 170 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the war began, with some estimates placing the figure as high as 214. The overall death toll from Israel's military campaign in Gaza has surpassed 52,000 people, most of them women and children, with more than 118,000 injured, according to the territory's health authorities.
Egypt Today
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Today
At least 33 killed including children in Israeli strikes on restaurant, market in Gaza
Relatives take a final look at those killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, wrapped in coffins for burial - WAFA CAIRO – 8 May 2025: Two Israeli airstrikes on a crowded restaurant and a market in Al-Wahda Street in Gaza City have killed at least 33 people, including women and children, and wounded over 86 more, according to medics and the Gaza health ministry on Wednesday. Graphic videos posted on social media showed bodies on tables at the Thailandy restaurant, which was operating as a community kitchen, a dead man seated on a chair, and several children lying motionless on the ground covered in blood. The Israeli army asserted that it is examining the reports. At least 92 people, including women and children, have been killed in several Israeli attacks across Gaza on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported, quoting officials. Among the dead are journalists Yahya Sobeih, who recently had a newborn daughter, and Nour Abdu. Abdu was killed while covering an attack at a school turned shelter in Gaza City, which killed 16 people, according to officials at Al-Ahli Hospital. The attacks come a day after an Israeli strike on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians killed 27 people, including nine women and three children, according to officials from Al-Aqsa Hospital. Since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023, Israeli forces have killed over 52,600 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities. Israel this week approved a plan to intensify its operations in Gaza, potentially seizing the whole enclave and forcibly displacing Palestinians to southern Gaza, while taking control of aid distribution alongside private security contractors.
Days of Palestine
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Days of Palestine
Israel's Genocide Killed 213 Journalists, Making Gaza Deadliest Place for Media
DayofPal– At least 213 Palestinian journalists have been killed since the start of Israel's genocide on Gaza in October 2023, according to Gaza's Government Media Office, making it the deadliest war for media professionals in modern history. The latest victim, journalist Nour Abdu, was killed Wednesday while reporting on an Israeli airstrike targeting the Al-Karama school in Gaza City's Tuffah neighborhood. The school, which had been sheltering displaced families, was hit twice in quick succession, with the second strike reportedly occurring as civilians attempted to retrieve the dead and wounded from the first blast. In a statement condemning the killing, the Government Media Office said: 'We strongly denounce the targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation. We call on the International Federation of Journalists, the Federation of Arab Journalists, and all global press bodies to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip.' The ongoing war has drawn international condemnation over its devastating toll on journalists. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) recently labeled Palestine the 'most dangerous place in the world for journalists' in its 2025 World Press Freedom Index. The organization reported that nearly 200 media workers have been killed since the war began, at least 42 of them while actively reporting in the field. 'Trapped in the enclave, journalists in Gaza have no shelter and lack basic necessities, including food and water,' RSF said. It also highlighted ongoing threats against journalists in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces and settlers have reportedly carried out a wave of arrests and attacks since October 7, 2023. The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs described the situation as 'the worst ever conflict for journalists,' in its recent report titled 'News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World.' According to the institute, the number of journalists killed in Gaza has surpassed the combined media fatalities of major war including the U.S. Civil War, both World Wars, the Vietnam and Korean Wars, the wars in the Balkans, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan. The report found that in 2023, a journalist or media worker was killed every four days, with that frequency rising to one every three days in 2024. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has documented a record number of journalist deaths in 2024, with Israel responsible for over two-thirds. At least 85 journalists were killed by Israeli forces last year, 82 of them Palestinian. CPJ also criticized Israel for obstructing investigations into the killings and failing to hold its military accountable. Jodie Ginsberg, CPJ's president, said, 'The war in Gaza is unprecedented in its impact on journalists and marks a major erosion of international norms meant to protect reporters in conflict zones.' Echoing these concerns, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called 2024 'one of the worst years' for journalists and condemned the killings as a 'massacre taking place in Palestine before the eyes of the entire world.' The Center for Protecting Palestinian Journalists (PJPS) has also accused Israel of committing widespread human rights violations by targeting members of the press, saying the killings are part of an effort to silence the Palestinian narrative. Despite the mounting toll, Palestinian journalists continue to report from the ground amid the destruction, determined to bear witness to a war that has claimed the lives of so many of their colleagues. Shortlink for this post:
Express Tribune
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Israeli forces kill 15 Palestinians in attack targeting school sheltering families
Listen to article At least 15 Palestinians, including a journalist, were killed Wednesday after Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza's Abu Hameesa School sheltering displaced families in northern Gaza, according to local health officials, as Israel ramped up its destruction of buildings in southern Rafah. Two strikes reportedly targeted the Karama School in Gaza City's Tuffah district. Among the dead was journalist Nour Abdu, bringing the total number of Palestinian journalists killed since the conflict began to 213, according to the Gaza media office. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strike. This attack came just a day after two Israeli strikes on another school in central Gaza killed at least 29 people, including several women and children. The Israeli army said it had targeted a 'command center' allegedly used by militants, claiming it housed 'terrorists.' Meanwhile, fighting intensified in southern Gaza. In Khan Younis, Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades said its fighters detonated a minefield targeting an Israeli armoured unit, followed by a barrage of mortar shells. In Rafah, witnesses and Hamas sources reported that Israeli troops continued demolishing homes as they expand their control over the city near the Egyptian border. The Israeli military has seized about one-third of Gaza, displacing thousands while constructing surveillance towers and clearing ground it now refers to as "security zones." Aid delivery remains suspended after Israel resumed its offensive in March, following the breakdown of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The United Nations has warned that Gaza's 2.3 million residents face imminent famine under the ongoing blockade. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday of an 'intensive' phase of the military campaign, following security cabinet approval for operations that could include taking full control of Gaza and directly managing humanitarian aid. Since Israel's initial attack in Gaza during October 2023 , over 52,000 Palestinians — the majority of them civilians — have been killed, according to Gaza health authorities. The situation remains fluid, with Rafah potentially being eyed by Israel as a designated humanitarian zone — even as homes are razed and casualties mount.
Al Arabiya
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Israeli strikes kill 15 in Gaza school housing displaced families, medics say
Israeli strikes on a school housing displaced families in northern Gaza killed 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, local health authorities said, as Israeli forces continued to demolish homes and buildings in Rafah in the south of the enclave. Medics said two strikes targeted the Karama School in Tuffah, a suburb of Gaza City. Among those killed was a local journalist, Nour Abdu, Palestinian media said. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army. Two Israeli airstrikes on another school, housing displaced people in Bureij camp in central Gaza, killed at least 33 people, including women and children, on Tuesday, local health authorities said. The Israeli military said it struck 'terrorists' operating from a command center in the compound. The strike, which smashed classrooms and destroyed furniture, caused a large crater in the school campus, where the displaced people who had sought shelter there on Wednesday sifted through rubble to look for some of their belongings. 'What happened is an earthquake. The Israeli occupation hit a school housing children. They are children,' said eyewitness Ali al-Shaqra. He said the school housed 300 families. 'Here is the building; it was razed to the ground. We cannot find the gas cylinder, the flour bag we had, the kilo of rice, or the meal we got from the Tukkiyah (community kitchen). Thank God we are left with the clothes we had on,' al-Shaqra added. In Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, near the border with Egypt, residents and Hamas sources said Israeli forces, who have taken control of the city, continued to blow up and demolish houses and buildings. Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, said on Wednesday their fighters had detonated a pre-planted minefield targeting an Israeli armored force east of Khan Younis in the south. They said they inflicted casualties, followed by mortar shelling of the area. Aid halted Israel resumed its offensive in March after the collapse of a US-backed ceasefire that had halted fighting for two months. It has since imposed an aid blockade, drawing warnings from the UN that the 2.3 million population faces imminent famine. Israeli troops have already taken over an area amounting to around a third of Gaza, displacing the population and building watchtowers and surveillance posts on cleared ground the military has described as security zones. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will expand the offensive against Hamas after his security cabinet approved plans that may include seizing the entire Gaza Strip and controlling aid. But an Israeli defense official said on Monday the operation would not be launched before US President Donald Trump concludes his visit next week to the Middle East, and there was a 'window of opportunity' for a ceasefire and hostage release deal during Trump's visit. A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday Hamas would not agree to any interim truce in return for a resumption of aid for a few days, and insisted on a full ceasefire deal to end the war. Basem Naim said Hamas would not accept 'desperate attempts before Trump's visit, through the crime of starvation, the continuation of genocide, and the threat of expanding military action to achieve a partial agreement that returns some (Israeli) prisoners in exchange for a few days of food and drink.' The war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostage, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's campaign has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to health authorities, and reduced much of Gaza to ruins. The Gaza government media office said the death of Nour Abdu on Wednesday raised to 213 the number of Palestinian journalists killed by Israeli fire since the war began.
