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Al Jazeera journalist Fadi al-Wahidi, who was gravely injured on 9 October 2024 while reporting from the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, is fighting for his life as the Israeli authorities continued to refuse his transfer to a hospital abroad, despite repeated calls from RSF.

Also, two Palestinian photojournalists, Haytham Abdel Wahed and Nidal al-Wahidi, have been missing since 7 October 2023.

Need to rebuild media
Gazan journalists have been working in makeshift newsrooms in tents set up near hospitals in order to have access to electricity and internet.

Despite their incredible hardship, they have continued to inform the world from a devastating landscape.

“If the ceasefire agreement is to translate into lasting peace, considerable resources will need to be allocated to rebuilding the infrastructure of Gaza’s media,” RSF said in a statement.

This reconstruction cannot take place without concrete action against impunity for the crimes Israel continued committing for over a year.

On 24 September 2024, RSF filed its fourth complaint with the ICC for war crimes committed against journalists in Gaza by the Israeli army; the first complaint was filed on 1 November 2023.

Arrests in West Bank, pressure in Israel
Overshadowed by Israel’s offensive in Gaza, the West Bank has been the target of multiple abuses by Israeli authorities and settlers that did not spare journalists and media outlets.

According to RSF’s 2024 Round-up, the arrests of Palestinian journalists in the West Bank have made Israel one of the world’s largest jails for media professionals.

The far-right Israeli government has used the state of war as an excuse to strengthen its grip on the media landscape.

In an op-ed published in HaaretzThe Seventh Eye and Le Monde, RSF condemned draft laws that repress the media as well as the intimidation of Israeli journalists who criticise their government’s actions.

Pacific Media Watch collaborates with RSF.

Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz

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