Over 190 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since 7 October, 2023 for daring to report and utter the truth.
The Government Media Office in Gaza states the number of journalists killed in Gaza, as reported on 30 November, 2024, now stands at 191 after the death of Mamdouh Quneita in the Baptist-al-Ahli Arab Hospital.
Quneita was an editor of the Al-Aqsa satellite channel, the media office said which means that he also managed the television station as well as reporting.
“The Government Media Office condemns in the strongest terms the targeting, killing and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation. We hold it fully responsible for committing this heinous crime.”
His name is trending on the social media for he was killed by an Israeli drone in the middle of Gaza City on Saturday afternoon in the courtyard of the Baptist Al Ahli hospital.
According to the Anadolu Agency, as of Nov 27, 190 journalists have been killed in Gaza from Israeli attacks since 7 October, 2023. This is the latest targetting by the Israeli army.
One blogger writes: Shame on mainstream medias and all western journalists who remain silent in the face of Palestinian journalists being killed in unprecedented numbers by the Israeli colonial and apartheid regime. @MariamBarghouti, @ReporterSol
Another said Israeli forces shot and killed Mamdouh Quneita with a direct bullet to the head while he was performing his journalistic duties near Al Mamadani (Baptist) hospital. He added that 191 journalists are bow killed by Israel in just 13 months. This should be met with outrage and consequences in the West.
Quneita was killed at the same hospital that Israel bombed on 17 October, 2023 killing 400 people in one go and setting the precedent for what later became a targeted attack on the Palestinian health infrastructure— including the rape and execution of doctors, nurses, and their own children.
One writes that the killing of Palestinian journalists is more than that of the whole of WWI, WWII and Vietnam war combined yet the killing goes on the silence by the international community is maintained.
Yet the shocks continue by shallow statements from such western politicians.
Over the past 14 months the Israeli army has killed photographers, editors, journalists, reporters across the media board in television, radio, newspapers and websites.
Dr Asmar is a journalist based in Amman anad is the editor of the www.crossfirearabia.com
