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Listen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Palestinian journalist Amal Shamali, who worked as a correspondent for Qatar Radio, has been killed in an Israeli air strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) says.<\/p>\n<p>Shamali, who was killed on Monday, also \u201cworked with several Arab and local media outlets and was among the journalists who continued performing their media mission despite the ongoing assault and war on the Gaza Strip\u201d, the PJS said in a statement.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>More than 270 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched a genocidal war against Palestinians in the territory on October 7, 2023, in response to Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis represents one of the bloodiest periods for journalists in modern history, reflecting the scale of the deliberate targeting of Palestinian journalism in an attempt to silence the voice of truth and prevent the documentation of the crimes and violations committed against the Palestinian people,\u201d the PJS said.<\/p>\n<p>The PJS also said: \u201cTargeting journalists will not succeed in breaking the will of the Palestinian journalistic community or deterring it from fulfilling its professional and humanitarian mission of conveying the truth and documenting the crimes and aggression faced by the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3918646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3918646\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3918646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AFP__20250408__39HB7LK__v1__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelConflictGazaPressFuneral-1-1756701660.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80\" alt=\"A woman mourns over the body of journalist Ahmed Mansur at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 8, 2025. [AFP]\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3918646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman mourns over the body of journalist Ahmed Mansur at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 8, 2025 [File: AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"gaza-officials-accuse-israel-of-targeting-journalists\">Gaza officials accuse Israel of targeting journalists<\/h2>\n<p>Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office released a statement after Shamali\u2019s killing, saying it \u201cstrongly condemns the systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The office also said it \u201cholds the Israeli occupation, the US administration, and the countries participating in the crime of genocide \u2013 such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France \u2013 fully responsible for committing these heinous and brutal crimes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It called on international and regional media associations, the international community and human rights organisations to condemn \u201cthe crimes\u201d committed against Palestinian journalists and media professionals working in Gaza and to work towards holding Israel accountable for its \u201congoing crimes\u201d against Palestinian journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli attacks have killed about 13 journalists every month over more than two years of war, according to a tally by Shireen.ps, a monitoring website named after Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Of those journalists, at least 10 of them worked for Al Jazeera, including Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who had reported extensively from northern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s war on Gaza has been the single deadliest conflict for journalists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3883473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3883473\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3883473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AA-20250811-38803835-38803829-ANTIISRAEL_PROTESTS_HELD_IN_SYRIA-1754962552.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80\" alt=\"Dozens of protesters, waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans against Israel, protest Israel's attacks on Gaza in the Syrian capital Damascus, on August 11, 2025.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3883473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of protesters condemn Israel\u2019s attacks on journalists in Gaza in the Syrian capital, Damascus [File: Izz Aldien Alqasem\/Anadolu]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Brown University\u2019s Costs of War project, more journalists have been killed in Gaza since the war began on October 7, 2023, than in the US Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, the wars in the former Yugoslavia and the post-9\/11 war in Afghanistan \u2013 combined.<\/p>\n<p>As per a report released early this year by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Palestine was the deadliest place to work as a journalist in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The IFJ said the Middle East was the most dangerous region for media professionals, accounting for 74 deaths last year \u2013 more than half of the 128 journalists and media workers killed.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East was followed by Africa with 18 deaths, the Asia Pacific (15), the Americas (11) and Europe (10), according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Since a US- and Qatar-brokered \u201cceasefire\u201d came into effect in October, 640 Palestinians have been killed and at least 1,700 wounded, according to Gaza\u2019s Ministry of Health. At least 72,123 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023 while 171,805 people have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed in the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Palestinian journalist Amal Shamali, who worked as a correspondent for Qatar Radio, has been killed in an Israeli air strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) says. Shamali, who was killed on Monday, also \u201cworked with several Arab and local media outlets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Palestinian journalist Amal Shamali, who worked as a correspondent for Qatar Radio, has been killed in an Israeli air strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) says.<\/p>\n<p>Shamali, who was killed on Monday, also \u201cworked with several Arab and local media outlets and was among the journalists who continued performing their media mission despite the ongoing assault and war on the Gaza Strip\u201d, the PJS said in a statement.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>More than 270 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched a genocidal war against Palestinians in the territory on October 7, 2023, in response to Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis represents one of the bloodiest periods for journalists in modern history, reflecting the scale of the deliberate targeting of Palestinian journalism in an attempt to silence the voice of truth and prevent the documentation of the crimes and violations committed against the Palestinian people,\u201d the PJS said.<\/p>\n<p>The PJS also said: \u201cTargeting journalists will not succeed in breaking the will of the Palestinian journalistic community or deterring it from fulfilling its professional and humanitarian mission of conveying the truth and documenting the crimes and aggression faced by the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3918646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3918646\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3918646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AFP__20250408__39HB7LK__v1__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelConflictGazaPressFuneral-1-1756701660.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80\" alt=\"A woman mourns over the body of journalist Ahmed Mansur at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 8, 2025. [AFP]\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3918646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman mourns over the body of journalist Ahmed Mansur at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 8, 2025 [File: AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"gaza-officials-accuse-israel-of-targeting-journalists\">Gaza officials accuse Israel of targeting journalists<\/h2>\n<p>Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office released a statement after Shamali\u2019s killing, saying it \u201cstrongly condemns the systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The office also said it \u201cholds the Israeli occupation, the US administration, and the countries participating in the crime of genocide \u2013 such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France \u2013 fully responsible for committing these heinous and brutal crimes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It called on international and regional media associations, the international community and human rights organisations to condemn \u201cthe crimes\u201d committed against Palestinian journalists and media professionals working in Gaza and to work towards holding Israel accountable for its \u201congoing crimes\u201d against Palestinian journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli attacks have killed about 13 journalists every month over more than two years of war, according to a tally by Shireen.ps, a monitoring website named after Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Of those journalists, at least 10 of them worked for Al Jazeera, including Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who had reported extensively from northern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s war on Gaza has been the single deadliest conflict for journalists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3883473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3883473\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3883473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AA-20250811-38803835-38803829-ANTIISRAEL_PROTESTS_HELD_IN_SYRIA-1754962552.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80\" alt=\"Dozens of protesters, waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans against Israel, protest Israel's attacks on Gaza in the Syrian capital Damascus, on August 11, 2025.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3883473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of protesters condemn Israel\u2019s attacks on journalists in Gaza in the Syrian capital, Damascus [File: Izz Aldien Alqasem\/Anadolu]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Brown University\u2019s Costs of War project, more journalists have been killed in Gaza since the war began on October 7, 2023, than in the US Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, the wars in the former Yugoslavia and the post-9\/11 war in Afghanistan \u2013 combined.<\/p>\n<p>As per a report released early this year by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Palestine was the deadliest place to work as a journalist in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The IFJ said the Middle East was the most dangerous region for media professionals, accounting for 74 deaths last year \u2013 more than half of the 128 journalists and media workers killed.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East was followed by Africa with 18 deaths, the Asia Pacific (15), the Americas (11) and Europe (10), according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Since a US- and Qatar-brokered \u201cceasefire\u201d came into effect in October, 640 Palestinians have been killed and at least 1,700 wounded, according to Gaza\u2019s Ministry of Health. At least 72,123 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023 while 171,805 people have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed in the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Palestinian journalist Amal Shamali, who worked as a correspondent for Qatar Radio, has been killed in an Israeli air strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) says. Shamali, who was killed on Monday, also \u201cworked with several Arab and local media outlets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}