Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war

[moniss]

4. Thank you for the update and

as I noted this is a contentious matter and in the case of some journalists the UN has come into the fray as well. It is an extraordinary total and I note that I posted this right after the other post about the WCK worker being killed. In that post I noted that in these danger areas many NGO personnel are at risk. The causes can be accidental or from either side. The same of course can apply to journalists. I think what is the important takeaway is the large increase and trying to find out why such a difference compared to other times of conflict. Such as is it the severity of the conflict, increase in sheer number of media personnel in the combat zone, differences in movement/proximity of media personnel trying to more quickly enter areas of fighting etc.? So in other words can we find out better ways to reduce the number of casualties while still allowing the reporting function?

One thing that impacts the public perception of an IDF denial is a demonstrated aggressive hostility by the political leadership to media under certain circumstances. It is not a uniquely Israeli government attitude or action since all countries have varying levels of issues with the media in their countries and many certainly far more aggressive than Israel.

The Reuters journalist killed in Lebanon is I believe the one that the UN is focused on. He was the one in the car marked TV along with others who were wounded. Apparently after investigation by Reuters, AFP and others there was substantial video and eyewitness accounts that they were not in the vicinity of any active fighting. Issam Abdallah is I believe one of the 3 that CPJ is referencing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issam_Abdallah