{"id":45475,"date":"2025-12-26T11:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T16:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=45475"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T16:54:19","slug":"at-least-242-journalists-have-been-killed-in-gaza-by-israel-since-the-war-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=45475","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>&#8220;At least 242 journalists have been killed in Gaza by Israel since the war began.&#8221;<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45476\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-26-at-11.53.42-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-26-at-11.53.42-AM.png 555w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-26-at-11.53.42-AM-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"l3vczb5\">\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"pmcvy6l h1du6kc5 l1evdo4u p1y8x1v s16w0xvi sngcpkw b1fzgn0z\">UN, EU condemn killing of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-rich-text c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text l1evdo4u blt0baw s16w0xvi rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b1fzgn0z\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" data-tracking-skip=\"true\">\n<p>United Nation Secretary-General\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/gaza-aid-plan-should-not-be-death-sentence-un-chief-says\/a-73074000\">Antonio Guterres<\/a>\u00a0condemned\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/israel-kills-al-jazeera-journalist-anas-al-sharif-in-gaza\/a-73595271\">the killing of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza<\/a>\u00a0in an Israeli air strike on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The secretary-general calls for an independent and impartial investigation into these latest killings,&#8221; said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At least 242 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the war began.\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/how-reporting-in-gaza-is-a-deadly-assignment-for-palestinian-journalists\/a-72073519\">Journalists and media workers<\/a>\u00a0must be respected, they must be protected and they must be allowed to carry out their work freely, free from fear and free from harassment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the European Union&#8217;s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas also condemned the killing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We take note of the Israeli allegation that the group was Hamas terrorists, but there is a need in these cases to provide clear evidence, in the respect of rule of law, to avoid targeting of journalists,&#8221; she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/middle-east-un-chief-condemns-killing-of-gaza-journalists\/live-73594051\">https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/middle-east-un-chief-condemns-killing-of-gaza-journalists\/live-73594051<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}