Protesters chant anti Israel slogans and carry posters with pictures of Palestinian journalists Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qreiqeh that Israel’s military targeted and killed with an air strike late Sunday in Gaza, during a protest in RamallahHUMAN rights groups vowed today to file a joint complaint the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the killing of five journalists in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip at the weekend.
Sunday’s attack hit a media tent outside the main gate of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, killing Anas al-Sharif, 28, Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, Ibrahim Zaher, 25, Mohammed Noufal, 29, and Moamen Aliwa, 23.
Two other Palestinians were also killed.
Gaza’s government media office says at least 238 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began in 2023.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights accused those responsible of war crimes and genocide, calling for arrest warrants to be issued and for all killings of journalists in Gaza to be included in the ICC Palestine investigation.
“The evidence is there,” the HRF said. “The legal foundation is unshakable. The jurisdiction is established beyond question.
“What remains is for the [ICC] to move past statements of ‘grave concern’ and take the decisive step that justice demands: act.”
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