On 5 and 8 July, the offices of two Israeli newsrooms in Tel Aviv were attacked, with bricks being used to shatter the glass entrance doors of both. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the Israeli authorities to conduct a prompt investigation and to ensure the safety of journalists. It also calls on the government to put an end to its crackdown on media that criticise it.<\/p>\n
On 8 July, the Tel Aviv office of the progressive Israeli newspaper Haaretz was attacked<\/a> by a masked individual. Camera footage<\/a> of the attack, which occurred at around 4am local time, showed the individual first throwing a brick at the glass entrance door, failing to break it. Following a second attempt, the door shattered and the suspect immediately fled the scene, the newspaper reported. Haaretzsaid<\/a> that it filed a complaint with the police.<\/p>\n Three days prior to this attack, Channel 12\u2019s Tel Aviv studios were also subject to a similar attack<\/a>. On 5 July, a masked individual threw two stones at the glass entrance door, shattering it on the second impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n In June, graffiti containing threats against Channel 11, 12 and 13 journalists was sprayed in the vicinity of the office. Channel 12 has been facing public pressure from right-wing figures, including Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, since it aired<\/a> surveillance footage in 2024 that allegedly showed Israeli soldiers sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman detention facility in the south of the country.<\/p>\n Since the start of the war in Gaza, on 7 October 2023, media outlets in Israel have been subjected<\/a> to increasing pressure from the government, in particular if their coverage of the war can be deemed to be critical of the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n