Palestinian Territories

A Palestinian cameraman was killed in the Gaza City neighbourhood of Shijaiyah on Sunday, according to news reports and the journalist's colleague. More than 60 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes between Israeli and Hamas forces in Shijaiyah that day, according to news reports. Khaled Reyadh Hamad was working on a film for the local Continue Production Films about the...

Israeli airstrikes on buildings housing media outlets in Gaza injured at least three journalists this week. The strikes came as Israel engages in a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. On Friday, Muhammad Shabat, cameraman for the Palestinian news agency Watania Media Agency, was hospitalised briefly for hand injuries suffered after an Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Jawhara tower in Gaza City, news...

The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the Israel Defence Forces' airstrike on a car clearly marked as a press vehicle in Gaza City on Wednesday. The airstrike killed Hamid Shihab, a driver for the Gaza-based press agency Media 24, according to the agency. Media 24 cameraman Hatem Silmy told CPJ that Shihab was parked outside his home when the car was hit. The two were headed to the...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has strongly condemned the killing of Palestinian media worker Hamid Shibab in Gaza last night, Wednesday 9 July. According to IFJ affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), Shihab, who worked as a driver for Media 24 agency, was killed by an Israeli rocket that hit his car when he was driving in the Gaza Strip area. “We join our...

The International Press Institute (IPI) Thrsday urged Israeli authorities to refrain from interfering in media outlets’ editorial decisions following a raid last Friday on the studios of a Palestinian broadcaster. Israeli security forces raided the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)’s East Jerusalem studios while the station was broadcasting the morning programme “Good Morning...

The International Press Institute (IPI) Friday condemned an Israeli security forces raid on a Palestinian printing plant in an apparent effort to halt publication of several newspapers. Security forces stormed the Al-Ayyam daily and stopped its printing operations, according to the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms and IPI sources. The Ramallah-based newspaper prints editions...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the actions of Israeli soldiers who forced their way into the Ramallah headquarters of the press, publishing and distribution company, al Ayyam, this morning, Wednesday 28 May. According to IFJ affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), the Israeli forces informed the managment of the company that it would halt the...

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) detained six Palestinian journalists in different locations in the West Bank on March 22 while the latter were on the job, according to Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA). Those detained were Dubai TV correspondent Mohamed Assayed, Associated Press cameraman Mohamed Hassan and producer Rami Abdu, French Agency photographer Mousa Alshaer...

The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), has condemned the arrest of Fedaa Nasser, a reporter for Palestine Today TV, as she was doing a report about how the Jewish holidays in Hebron affect Palestinian citizens. On Sunday morning, March 16, Israeli occupation forces arrested Fedaa Nasser, while she was shooting reportage about the so-called “Purim” holiday of Jewish settlers in...

Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has condemed the attack on the Gaza City bureau of the independent Palestinian news agency Ma’an on July 10. Eye-witnesses said unidentified assailants threw three Molotov cocktails at its offices, starting a fire that caused little damage and no injuries. Police and security agents rushed quickly to the scene and began an...