RAMALLAH, August 25, 2025 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed a new horrific massacre against the Palestinian press, adding to its criminal record.
In its statement, the Syndicate mourned the four journalists who were killed during a horrific massacre perpetrated by the occupation forces following a bombing that targeted the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, bringing the number of journalists and media workers killed in Israeli strikes to more than 244.
It said, "In a new crime added to the bloody record of the Israeli occupation forces, embodying their clear intent to target the free voice, the witnessing camera, and the champions of the word, the occupation army committed a horrific massacre against Palestinian media crews, claiming the lives of four fellow journalists who were killed while carrying out their professional duty in covering the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip."
The Syndicate affirmed that this heinous crime represents a dangerous escalation in the direct and deliberate targeting of Palestinian journalists and confirms without a shadow of a doubt that the occupation is waging an open war on free media, with the aim of terrorizing journalists and preventing them from carrying out their professional mission of exposing its crimes to the world.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for this crime. It demanded that its leaders be held accountable as war criminals, urging international media organizations to break their silence and take urgent action to protect Palestinian journalists who are targeted daily in the field.
It called on the international community, the United Nations, and the International Federation of Journalists to move from verbal condemnation to taking practical and deterrent steps to halt the systematic killing machine against journalists in Gaza.
The Syndicate emphasized that the continued international silence on these crimes represents unacceptable complicity and partnership in the shedding of innocent blood, emphasizing the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate's pursuit of all those involved in these crimes.
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