Palestinian Television announced the martyrdom of journalist Haneen Ali Al-Qashtan, along with family members, during Israeli bombing in the Al-Nusirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The Gaza government’s media office stated: “The martyrdom of journalist Haneen Al-Qashtan in the Israeli bombing of her family’s home in the Al-Nusirat camp (in the central Gaza Strip) raises the number of journalist martyrs to 95 (journalists) since the beginning of the brutal war on the Gaza Strip.”
Additionally, a Palestinian woman was martyred and others were injured on Sunday evening in an Israeli bombing targeting the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources reported the martyrdom of a wounded citizen who was receiving treatment in the hospital and the injury of others, including women and children, due to the artillery shelling of the occupation targeting a building in the Nasser Medical Complex.
The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip by air, land, and sea for 72 days, resulting in approximately 19,000 citizens martyred and more than 52,000 others injured, 70% of whom are women and children, in a still incomplete toll.
The recent conflict in Gaza has been particularly lethal for journalists, with a significant increase in casualties among media professionals and their families. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Gaza Strip has become the most dangerous place for journalists in 2023, with at least 13 journalists killed while actively covering the war. This figure is part of a larger total of 56 journalists killed in Gaza, irrespective of their line of work. The overall number of journalists killed in the Middle East since the outbreak of the war on October 7 is 63, 17 of whom were killed in the exercise of their duties or in connection with their status as a journalist.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has been investigating the deaths, injuries, and disappearances of journalists and media workers in the war, which has led to the deadliest month for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992. As of December 17, CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed that at least 64 journalists and media workers were among the more than 19,000 killed since the war began on October 7, with the deadliest day of the war for journalists being its first day, October 7.
