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“No one is looking at us or the extent of this disaster or the crimes that we are experiencing in Gaza,” he said. Still holding his microphone, he slid off his flak jacket marked with the word PRESS and unstrapped his helmet.

“These protection jackets and helmets don't protect us,” he said, flinging the equipment to the ground. “Nothing protects journalists. ... We lose our lives for no reason.”

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 158 points 1 year ago

This is heartbreaking, I don’t know what else to say. The justification that these casualties are acceptable because “Hamas is there too” is just nonsense. If that’s the case why won’t Israel let civilians cross the border into Israel to prevent their murder?

[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 71 points 1 year ago

That would humanize those whom they oppress.

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 58 points 1 year ago

I doubt Hamas was at this reporter's house, which was singled out by Israel for an airstrike, which they then pretended to know nothing about.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

You’re probably right, I’m just trying to get ahead of their typical excuse for collateral damage

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago

It's not even collateral damage is it? It's the damage they intend to inflict, killing journalists who dare to show the world what Israel is doing.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Not just journalists, kill the journalist AND his entire family by waiting until he gets home and then bombing his house.

Hamas look like angels compared to israel

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 38 points 1 year ago

Nuke the whole world, hamas is on the planet. Killing all humans is the only way to be sure.

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Shh, don't give them ideas!

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[-] filister@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

They even deported some stranded Palestinian workers to Gaza. Imagine that!

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[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 140 points 1 year ago

At 8:30 p.m. Thursday, after signing off from a live report on Gaza's soaring death toll, Abu Hatab headed to his nearby home in Khan Younis where he lived with his wife, six children, brother and brother's family, his colleagues said.

On his way, he spoke to the Palestine TV bureau chief, Rafat Tidra.

“He was so professional, as always,” Tidra said. “In that conversation, he was focused on what he was going to report the next day, how we were going to work.”

At around 9:30, an Israeli airstrike hit his house, wiping out the Abu Hatab family. No one survived. His neighbor's houses only sustained limited damage from the blast.

So was there a Hamas base under this journalist's private residence or something?!

[-] TinyPizza@kbin.social 85 points 1 year ago

Hamas are very much like Visa, they're "everywhere you want to be."

[-] mnoram@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Sigh. I mean... it's a good joke but yeesh

[-] TinyPizza@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

I didn't like making it, but I wasn't the one to tell Israel to put on a broken record before they turned out the lights and left for the week.

[-] Five@slrpnk.net 54 points 1 year ago

The IDF also murdered 972 Magazine journalist Khalil Abu Yahia.

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[-] FoundTheVegan@kbin.social 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's easy to take an enlightened centerist approach here saying things like "both sides do awful things" and "everyone should stop". And while to a point that this is true, there has a history of revenge repesials going back devades. But that really ignores the vast power imblance between Israel and the strip.

From basic utilities to free movement on roads to kicking Palestinians out of their homes in favor of Israeli settlers. It's a small easy thing to relax in your chair and say everyone is wrong, but this conflict can end when Isreal stops their oppression. Not providing clean water and bombing medical infrastructure is genocide all by itself. Gaza is an open air prison where movement is restricted. It's high minded arrogant nonsense to say Gaza should focus on their own country when Isreal is literally bombing their water wells.

[-] elouboub@kbin.social 50 points 1 year ago

Both sides do awful things. Everyone should stop.

But let's be honest here, the area didn't belong to the zionists for a really long time. The international community forced Palestinians off of their land and for a good 70 years Palestinians they have suffered. Zionists should not have been given the means to invade the Palestinians.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Whoa israel just directly bombed his house with his whole family inside because he was press. What the fuck.

israel is saying they will kill you AND your entire family of you report on their war crimes.

[-] ShroOmeric@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

There is a word for what Israel is doing: Holocaust.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 37 points 1 year ago

The article doesn't have the video, at least I didn't see it.

Here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3yDx_VWPd8

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[-] elouboub@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago
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[-] Resol@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

So now Israel targets Hamas AND the press? The latter just feels so wrong.

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[-] Zippit@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

No they were targeting them specifically from the beginning, not just now.

At least 31 Journalists have been killed and we're not even a month in.

Here's the wiki site that keeps count: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_the_2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war

[-] TinyPizza@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Here are current year and prior maps to 92' that you can tweak from the Committee to Protect Journalists. It really helps to change search parameters like causation, year, region etc, to get a very full view of how absolutely abnormal the number of journalist deaths are.

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[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 year ago

Israel has a storied history now of killing journalists, here is the most famous example:

https://www.vox.com/2022/5/11/23067365/shireen-abu-akleh-palestinian-journalist-killed-israel

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