Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned Israeli airstrikes on places of work of media retailers within the Gaza Strip.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday denounced the assaults on media places of work within the Gaza Strip.
“Israeli strikes targeted the Hajji Tower this morning in Gaza, which houses the offices of @AFP, @AlJazeera, @AinMedia and other local media,” the media watchdog wrote on X.
“RSF strongly denounces the ongoing Israeli assault on the press. Targeting the media is a war crime,” it confused.
The Israeli military has widened its air and floor assaults on the Gaza Strip, which has been underneath relentless airstrikes because the shock offensive by Hamas on Oct. 7.
More than 10,700 individuals have been killed within the battle, together with no less than 9,227 Palestinians and greater than 1,538 Israelis.
None of the eight AFP workers usually stationed in Gaza have been on the workplace on the time as that they had already been evacuated to the southern Gaza Strip, AFP stated.
“AFP strongly condemns the strike on its office in Gaza City,” stated company head Fabrice Fries in a submit on X, the platform previously often called Twitter.
“The location of this office is known to everyone and has been pointed out several times over the past few days, precisely to prevent such an attack and to enable us to continue to provide images on the ground.”
In response to an AFP inquiry, an Israeli military spokesman stated that Israel had not fired on the constructing the place the workplace is situated. Israel additionally rejected concentrating on hospitals, regardless of proof proving in any other case.
An AFP worker on website stated there was appreciable injury, and that the projectile appeared to have entered the highest ground of the workplace horizontally.
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