One Palestinian reporter was wounded on Friday, as Israeli forces bombed a building that was used by press members in the central Gaza. GAZA: IFJ Slams Israel Over Targeting and "Cynical Violations" of Media Rights The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today accused Israel of targeting Palestinian media while continuing its ban on foreign journalists from entering Gaza to cover the conflict. GAZA: Letter to Barak The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to explain why Israel has imposed blanket restrictions on international media entering the Gaza Strip and certain areas inside Israel along the Gaza border.
GAZA: Fourth journalist killed: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the world of journalism to raise its voice in protest over Israeli government pressure on media trying to cover the Gaza conflict. The call comes as a fourth Palestinian journalist was reported killed - Eyhab Al Wahidi, who worked as a cameraman for the Palestinian Broadcast Corporation, was killed with his wife and mother in law yesterday when Israeli troops shelled their home in Gaza city.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today accused Israel of targeting Palestinian media while continuing its ban on foreign journalists from entering Gaza to cover the conflict. "Each day that passes we see cynical violations of press freedom and the rights of journalists trying desperately to cover the tragic events unfolding in Gaza," said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. "We have reports that media inside Gaza are being targeted by Israeli soldiers while those outside are being kept at bay."
Yesterday, a compromise reached between the authorities and the Jerusalem-based Foreign Press Association to allow a selected group of foreign journalists into Gaza was withdrawn, over-ruling an Israeli court order in favour of opening the blockade of the area to give media access. The IFJ says that any arrangement to allow access should not be controlled by the Israeli military. At the same time the IFJ says that Israeli forces have attacked vehicles inside Gaza with ?Press" or "TV" markings and one cameraman has been injured.
The IFJ has already protested at the destruction of the offices of Al Aqsa Television on December 28 by Israeli fighter planes in what it claims was a flagrant breach of international law.
The Palestine Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has also expressed concern over reports of the arrest and detention by Israeli military forces of Khezr Shahin, a reporter for Al-Alam "The continued ban on journalists travelling into Gaza to cover the conflict is outrageous, particularly given that the courts in Israel have said they should be allowed in," said White. "But reports of targeting those who are on the spot add to our concern that there is a policy in place to deny access to the full story and to intimidate reporters that are already there." Reports from the PJS in Gaza say that on Sunday a utility vehicle bearing "TV" and "Press" markings" from Al Aqsa TV was clearly targeted.
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