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Ministry of Information : 97 Israeli Violations Against Palestinian Ministry of Information Government Media Office Ministry of Information : 97 Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists in latest aggression on Gaza The Government Media Office - Ministry of Information has documented an unprec- edented attack against press freedom by the Israeli occupation army in its most re- cent offensive against the Gaza Strip last May. The Office reported more than 97 violations against Palestinian journalists and their homes, vehicles and media offices. This attack is intended to suppress the truth and cover up Israeli violations against the Palestinian people by silencing the media or preventing media workers from as- suming their role, as the Israeli occupation government believes it has immunity from prosecution and accountability and acts above international law and norms, especially as no perpetrator of crimes against journalists and civilians have been p r o s e c u t e d . In a report, the office’s Monitoring and Follow Up Unit said that such violations marked an increase in violence against journalists and media organisations by Israeli occu- pation compared with the 2008, 2012, and 2014 onslaughts against the Gaza Strip. During its aggression on Gaza, Israeli occupation forces perpetrated several severe and grave violations against journalists and media outlets that amount to war crimes. The vast majority of these attacks were complicate crimes that have widespread short-and long-term consequences, paralyzing some media outlets for long periods of time. Total of Violations 97 06 22 56 12 01 Damaged Damaged Hous- Damaged Media Injury Martyr Press Cars es of Journalists Institution 47 Palestinian journalists killed since 2000 Since 2000, the Israeli occupation has killed 47 Palestinian journalists and media workers. On 19 May 2021, Israeli occupation warplanes launched two missiles at the apart- ment of 33-year-old Yousef Abu Hussein, a newsreader for Al-Aqsa radio, near Al- Sheikh Radwan junction in the northern Gaza Strip, killing him, and another one at his car. This indicates that the Israeli occupation army deliberately targeted Abu Hussein. Targeting journalists The report found that more than 12 journalists have been injured while covering Israeli crimes against the Gaza Strip, some by the shrapnel from Israeli missiles and shells and others by bombing their homes while they were inside, leaving them with burns, fractures, and bruises all over their bodies. A table shows numbers of the martyrs and injuries of Journalists A martyr Name of journalist/ media Type of violation- No. Date Place institutions martyr Yousef Abu Hussain - A Direct strike on his 1 19/5/2021 newsreader at Al-Aqsa Ra- Martyr house in Sheikh Rad- .dio wan Injuries Name of journalist/ media Type of violation- No. Date Place institutions injury Muhammad Al-Louh Mild bruising and Tel al-Hawa neigh- 1 1/5/2021 – correspondent of Al- a fracture of the borhood Shabab radio ribs Ihab Fasfous - freelance Fracture in his 2 12/5/2021 Khan Younes journalist knee Injured in a a Bedouin village in the 3 12/5/2021 Mustafa Hassouna strike on press northern Gaza Strip car Muhammad Al-Aloul -An- Injured in a strike Bedouin village in the 4 12/5/2021 adolu Agency on press car northern Gaza Strip Daoud Abu Al-Kas – Pales- Injured in a strike Bedouin village in the 5 12/5/2021 tine Today agency on press car northern Gaza Strip Mahmoud Al-Khodari - Injured in a strike Bedouin village in the 6 12/5/2021 Driver for Anadolu Agency on press car northern Gaza Strip Abdel Hamid Abdel Atti, bruises all over Strike on his house 7 12/5/2021 presenter at Watan radio his body northern Gaza Strip Sami Barhoum – corre- Injuries all over 8 13/5/2021 Gaza city spondent of TRT his body Mueayan Al - Daba – jour- Injuries of shrap- Striking Al-Jalaa 9 15/5/2021 nalist nel in his face high-rise building Injuries in his foot and leg from 10 16/5/2021 Alaa Salameh Gaza city shrapnel of mis- siles Muhammad Dahlan, An- Injuries and Tel al-Hawa - south- 11 19/5/2021 adolu Agency, Turkey bruises ern Gaza Strip During filming the 12 20/5/2021 Hatem Omar – journalist Injury bombing of a house in Rafah Patrial and completely demolishing of press offices 36 press offices and institutions were completely damaged as a result of Israeli oc- cupation airstrikes against Al-Jalaa , Al-Jawhara, and Al-Shorouq high-rise build- ings in Al-Rimal neighborhood in the center of Gaza City; the building were com- pletely demolished. The 36 press offices incurred huge and expensive losses as a result of the destruction of journalists’ equipment, including satellite broadcast- ing equipment, studios and others. Other 9 press offices were partially damaged and some of their equipment were destroyed. Table explains details of press offices and institutions that complete- ly or partially demolished during the Israeli aggression No. Date Name of media office Type of violation Place Completely de- 1 11/5/2021 Palestine newspaper Al-Jawhara tower molished Completely de- 2 12/5/2021 Turkish TRT- tv Al-Jawhara tower molished Completely de- 3 12/5/2021 Jordan TV channel Al-Jawhara tower molished Al-Nujaba satellite chan- Completely de- 4 12/5/2021 Al-Jawhara tower nel molished Completely de- 5 12/5/2021 Al-Ittejah satellite channel Al-Jawhara tower molished Completely de- 6 12/5/2021 Sabeq Agency Al-Jawhara tower molished Completely de- 7 12/5/2021 Keffiyeh satellite channel Al-Jawhara tower molished APA local photography Completely de- 8 12/5/2021 Al-Jawhara tower agency molished Completely de- 9 12/5/2021 Syria TV Al-Jawhara tower molished Palestinian Journalists Fo- Completely de- 10 12/5/2021 Al-Jawhara tower rum molished Completely de- 11 12/5/2021 Al-Wataneya Agency Al-Jawhara tower molished Young journalist club and Completely de- 12 12/5/2021 Al-Jawhara tower radio molished Completely de- 13 12/5/2021 Al-Arabi TV Al-Jawhara tower molished Completely de- 14 12/5/2021 Dubai TV Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 15 12/5/2021 Dubai 12 TV Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 16 12/5/2021 ZDF German TV Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 17 12/5/2021 Press channel Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 18 12/5/2021 Al Jazeera English Channel Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 19 12/5/2021 Taif Media institution Ashorouq tower molished Huna Al-Quds Media insti- Completely de- 20 12/5/2021 Ashorouq tower tution molished Completely de- 21 12/5/2021 New life newspaper Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 22 12/5/2021 Al-Hayah radio Ashorouq tower molished Al-Mayadeen Media Com- Completely de- 23 12/5/2021 Ashorouq tower pany molished Completely de- 24 12/5/2021 Al-Quds Al-Youm channel Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 25 12/5/2021 Al-Aqsa radio-live Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 26 12/5/2021 Atyaf radio Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 27 12/5/2021 Al Aqsa Media Channel Ashorouq tower molished Completely de- 28 12/5/2021 Hala Palestine center Ashorouq tower molished Palestine company for me- Completely de- 29 12/5/2021 Ashorouq tower dia production molished Gaza company for media Completely de- 30 12/5/2021 Ashorouq tower production molished Alam news media Partially demol- 31 12/5/2021 Assosee tower company ished Partially demol- 32 12/5/2021 Masdar News Agency Ruya tower ished Completely de- 33 15/5/2021 Al Jazeera channel Al-Jalaa tower molished Completely de- 34 15/5/2021 Associated Press Agency Al-Jalaa tower molished Completely de- 35 15/5/2021 Al-Quds voice radio Al-Jalaa tower molished Completely de- 36 15/5/2021 Al-Asraa voice radio Al-Jalaa tower molished Al-Quds Today channel- Completely de- 37 15/5/2021 Al-Jalaa tower second office molished Partially demol- 38 15/5/2021 Maan Agency office Watan tower ished Partially demol- 39 15/5/2021 Al-Manar Channel Watan tower ished Palestine Today Channel Partially demol- 40 26/5/2021 Eliwa Tower Office ished Media Development Partially demol- 41 15/5/2021 Jawwal building Center - Birzeit University ished Partially demol- 42 17/5/2021 Felestinyyat Office Ashawa building ished Partially demol- 43 17/5/2021 Nawa News Agency Ashawa building ished Completely de- 44 17/5/2021 Paltimes site Ajjour building molished Gaza Center for Media Partially demol- a house on Dahdouh 45 18/5/2021 Freedom ished Street Media production companies and institutions, as well as printing presses and publishing houses were completely damaged The Israeli occupation also completely destroyed (11) buildings including advertising compa- nies, art production, printing presses and publishing houses, during the bombing of occu- pation aircraft, both the Building of Awqaf west of Gaza City, Al Walid building in al-Ramal neighborhood in central Gaza City, and Keheil building in al-Thalathini Street south of al-Re- mal neighborhood of Gaza. The Israeli occupation aimed to erase the voices and images of artistic production representing the Palestinian identity, among which was the destruction of Mashareq Institution for Advertising, which is considered an integrated advertising sys- tem that has managed to be in a leading position in the media and advertising services sec- tor. Moreover, offices of publishing houses and printing presses were among the Israeli -oc cupation’s “Bank of Targets”, including Samir Mansour Bookshop for printing and publishing, which contained about 100,000 books documenting the history and heritage of the Palestin- ian people and the crimes and massacres committed by the occupation against safe civilians. Company or institution No. Date Type of damage Place name Record for Media Produc- tion, containing the
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