The number of journalists in Gaza killed by Israel has risen to 229 since 7 October 2023, the Gaza Media Office announced on Thursday.
The latest casualty is Ahmad Salama Abu Aisha, a photojournalist and editor at Palestine Today, a local news agency.
“Abu Aisha was martyred as a result of a direct targeting by an Israeli occupation drone in front of his home in the al-Sawwarha area, west of al-Nuseirat Camp in central Gaza Strip,” the statement from the media office said.
“The Government Media Office strongly condemns the deliberate, systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation. We call on the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all journalist organizations around the world to denounce these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media professionals in Gaza,” it added.
“We hold the Israeli occupation, the United States administration, and all states complicit in the genocide – such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France – fully responsible for these heinous and brutal crimes,” the media office said.