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Gaza media ban is indefensible, seeks to hide horrors
Since the Gaza war began, at least 200 journalists have been killed, making it the deadliest period for journalists since 1992, with Israel restricting foreign media access.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has barred outside journalists from Gaza, indicating an attempt to conceal the war's full horror and advance their narrative.
- Israel has argued that some journalists are Hamas agents or linked to extremist groups and criticized reliance on Gaza Health Ministry data, while critics call this an excuse to restrict reporting.
- Some 200 journalists have been among the estimated 63,000 people killed since the Gaza war began, making the past two years the deadliest for journalists since 1992.
- Globally the policy has failed because social media and Palestinian journalists exposed Gaza's mass killing and destruction, prompting outcry despite Israel's media ban.
- It evokes the Vietnam War era attempts to conceal battlefield realities, while the United States and Ukraine have allowed reporters into wartime zones, contrasting with Gaza's restricted media.
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Gaza media ban is indefensible, seeks to hide horrors
All wars are dangerous to cover, but Gaza holds a place of its own among modern conflicts for the peril faced by journalists. Some 200 journalists have been among the estimated 63,000 people killed since the Gaza war began —…
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Too many journalists killed in Gaza (see RSF)The Israeli army deliberately massacres journalists, reports Reporters Without Borders (RSF) so that public opinion does not know the horrors in the Palestinian enclave. 220 journalists were killed. Too many journalists killed in Gaza (see RSF) "We were more than 270 media from over 70 countries to mobilize this Monday, September 1, for the protection of journalists in Gaza," RSF wrote.
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