GENEVA, September 4, 2025 (WAFA) – UN experts have expressed outrage by the killing of six more Palestinian journalists, including two women, in multiple Israeli strikes in Gaza over the past 10 days.

At least 248 journalists have now been killed in Gaza, more than in any other war in modern times, according to a joint statement by the experts.

“On the one hand, Israel continues to deny access to any international media and on the other, it kills with impunity local journalists who are the world’s only professional lens into the agony of genocide and famine unfolding in Gaza,” the experts said.

“Even as the journalists starve, lose family members, sleep in tents and get targeted by the Israeli military like the rest of Gaza’s population, they have continued to courageously bear witness to atrocities committed by the Israeli military,” they said.

 “We demand independent criminal investigations into the killings and attacks on journalists in Gaza and across the Palestinian territory and full reparation and justice for their families and an end to the unprecedented impunity enjoyed by Israel,” the experts added.

They continued, “We demand that Israel grant full and free access to international media. Their presence will give a measure of safety to local journalists and will keep the reports flowing into the world.”

“We urge the international community – member states as well as the key organs of the United Nations to act without delay before Israel shuts down the last voices in Gaza.”

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