BERLIN, March 26, 2025 (WAFA) – Germany criticized on Wednesday the killing by Israel of journalists in the Gaza Strip.
“Of course, freedom of the press is a precious asset and must be protected. Therefore, attacks on journalists are never justified and must be prevented,” German Foreign Ministry spokesman Christian Wagner told a press briefing in Berlin, adding that journalists must “not become targets in Gaza” as reported by Anadolu Agency.
“The situation in Gaza is catastrophic, extremely dangerous, and extremely difficult for the people there, as well as for the journalists reporting on it. This must change urgently,” he added.
He renewed the call for the Israeli government and all partners engaged in negotiations to quickly resume the ceasefire and find a political solution.
On Monday, Israeli bombardment killed Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Hussam Shabat in the northern Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist and contributor, Shabat, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his car in Salah ad-Din Street in the northern Strip while he was covering events. The same airstrike also resulted in the killing of four civilians and injuring others.
This followed the killing of Mohammad Mansour, a reporter for Palestine Today TV, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the Al-Batin Al-Sameen area, south of Khan Younis earlier on Monday.
Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes across the Strip and killing hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children.
The death toll reached 506 with 909 others wounded, according to medical sources. Emergency teams are attempting to recover victims still trapped beneath the rubble.
The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.
Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 50,183 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 113,828 others.
Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
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