A British newspaper reports that Israel is targeting journalists who work for Hamas media outlets, citing senior IDF spokespeople.
Citing the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists, the The Guardian reports that some 30 percent of the 103 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza since October 7 are “affiliated with or closely tied to Hamas.”
IDF spokesman Col. Olivier Rafowicz tells Radio France there is “no difference between the political and the military wing of Hamas.”
“Al-Aqsa belongs to the Hamas war organization and the people who work for it are active members of the war organization of Hamas,” he says.
Legal experts cited in the report disagree vehemently with that reasoning, calling it “a complete misunderstanding or just a willful disregard for international law.”
Israel says its offensive in Gaza, sparked by the terror group’s October 7 massacre, is aimed at destroying Hamas’s military and governance capabilities, and has vowed to eliminate the entire terror group, which rules the Strip. It says it is targeting all areas where Hamas operates, while seeking to minimize civilian casualties.
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