Palestinian journalist dies of injuries sustained in Israeli attack on Gaza City

A female Palestinian journalist succumbed to the injuries she had previously sustained in an Israeli bombardment of Gaza City, according to a Palestinian media rights organization.

The Forum of Palestinian Journalists, in a statement, identified the victim as Alaa Asaad Hashim, stating that she lost her life early on Saturday after spending several months in a coma.

The NGO noted that Hashim’s death brings the total number of Palestinian journalists killed in the Israeli genocide against the Gaza Strip to 206 since October 2023.

It urged “enabling journalists to perform their professional duties in accordance with international laws and humanitarian conventions.”

Israel kills 204th journalist in Gaza since October 2023

Israel has killed another Palestinian journalist in the besieged Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to at least 204 since October 2023.

Journalists working within the Palestinian territory encounter enormous risks while covering the genocidal war, particularly in light of Israeli ground assaults and airstrikes, as well as challenges such as disrupted communications, shortages of supplies, and power outages.

In the face of such difficulties, Palestinian journalists persist in documenting the atrocities of the war, acting as the global community’s eyes and ears throughout one of the deadliest wars of the 21st century.

Backed by the United States and its Western allies, Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against the Israeli regime in response to its decades-long campaign of oppression against Palestinians.

The regime’s bloody onslaught on Gaza has so far killed at least 48,524 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 111,955 others. Thousands more are also missing and presumed dead under the rubble.

On November 21 last year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its deadly war on the blockaded coastal sliver.

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