Palestine, Israel committed another massacre against journalists

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*Israel bombed a press bus outside the hospital, killing 5 journalists *5 journalists murdered while on duty *Israel has killed 201 journalists as part of its genocidal war on Gaza *Gaza press workers targeted by Israel demand protection

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00:00And precisely after the massacre carried out by Israeli genocidal forces that deliberately

00:06targeted and killed five journalists working outside the Al-Adwa hospital, we contact our

00:12colleague Huda Heghazi with all the information from the ground.

00:16Once again, the Israeli army has committed another atrocious massacre, but this time

00:26not against the civilian population, but against the journalists, the workers of the media.

00:34This morning, at half past one, the occupation army bombed the civilian bus belonging to

00:40the Palestinian Al-Quds Channel. Inside, there were at least five journalists, as well as

00:48cameras and various media materials. As we can see, the vehicle has been completely destroyed.

00:59The attack even occurred directly targeting them. This bus was parked in front of Al-Ada

01:06hospital, which is the only hospital that is active in al-Nusraat's central government.

01:14As we can see, there is literally no trace of the car. These five journalists have been

01:21completely burned. There is not even a trace of them. We can say that right now, the occupation

01:29army has sent a clear message, and that is that there are no red lines.

01:35It has attacked these journalists directly and intentionally, increasing the number of

01:42journalists killed to 201 during this genocidal Israeli war. And as we can see, the Israeli

01:54army has no red lines. Even when this car was parked in front of this hospital, it was

02:01directly bombed by the Israeli army. Now we will speak with our colleague Mahmoud Al-Loh,

02:10who was here in this hospital at the time of the incident, so that he can tell us exactly

02:15what happened.

02:19As usual, during the journalistic work at this point, we have at the Al-Ada hospital

02:24a point of journalistic coverage. At around 1.30 am, the Israeli occupation forces shelled

02:31the hospital and we woke up to the sound of a loud explosion. We saw the fire burning

02:36through the vehicle, and inside were five journalists who worked for the Al-Quds TV

02:41network. We were surprised to see the bodies completely burned and charred. We were unable

02:47to save them or get them out of the car, until the firemen arrived and put out the fire.

02:54The scene was frightening. And the Israeli army knows very well this was a journalist

03:00vehicle, that is very easy to set apart for its press banners. Inside were kamaras and

03:06material and everything has been destroyed. This is not the first massacre. Last week

03:12the army murdered our comrade Ahmad Al-Loh. And before that, other 196 journalists. We

03:20are now talking about more than 200 dead journalists and a large number of journalists

03:24have also been wounded at this war for the mere fact of working in Gaza.

03:30What is your message in the face of this continuous attack against the press?

03:37Our message is clear. And it's directed at the international community and all the human

03:43rights organizations on the necessity of pressuring Israel to stop this war on the Gaza Strip

03:48that is targeting civilians, children as well as journalists.

03:55And the need to protect the Palestinian journalists.

04:01We have no weapons, we only have this helmet that has been burnt by the Israeli actions.

04:09We ask for protection for the journalists and sanctions to Israel for their war crimes.

04:18As our colleague has just assured us, the Israeli regime was perfectly aware that in

04:23this vehicle there were journalists. They also knew that it was being used for the journalist

04:30work and it still targeted it directly in the first hours of the morning. Also as our

04:36comrade has assured us, the images were dreadful. The victims were completely burnt due to the

04:44fire set off by the bombing and, therefore, the message, after over 14 months is that

04:51the Israeli regime, is that the Israeli regime is deliberately attacking journalists.

04:56They do not want us to continue doing our job.

05:01And that is why the message today from all Gazan journalists is that we will continue

05:06doing our job. We will continue with our work of transmitting to the world and what we ask

05:11for is international protection.

05:15We are just doing our job and we want to do it safely, with a sense of security that we

05:20sadly do not have. And our fear is that at any given moment we could be the next ones

05:25murdered by the Israeli army.

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