Download PDFGlobal demonstrations target Israel and media outlets who have ‘made excuses’ after killing of four Al Jazeera staff in Gaza.
Protests and memorials have erupted worldwide, and calls for accountability are growing after four Al Jazeera staff members were assassinated in an Israeli strike on Gaza.
Late on Sunday, an Israeli attack hit a media tent outside the main gate of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, killing Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Anas al-Sharif, 28, along with colleagues, correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, 25, and Mohammed Noufal, 29.
Also killed were freelance cameraman Momen Aliwa, 23, and freelance journalist Mohammed al-Khalidi, 37.
Gaza’s Government Media Office says at least 238 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began in late 2023.
The latest killings have prompted outrage around the world. In Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Palestinians filled the streets, waving flags and carrying photographs of the slain reporters.
Hundreds rallied in Tunisia, demanding accountability for the attacks. Protests took place in Northern Ireland’s capital, Belfast and Republic of Ireland’s capital, Dublin, while vigils were held in Berlin, Germany and the Netherlands. Earlier demonstrations took place in Washington, DC, as well as London, Oslo and Stockholm.
In the US capital, Washington, DC, protesters gathered outside a building housing NBC, Fox News, ITN and The Guardian.
Demonstrators were “banging pots and pans, making as much noise as possible” to disrupt live broadcasts happening inside, said Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi, reporting from the scene.
“The demonstrators say their coverage of the genocide in Gaza has given Israel room to kill so many Palestinians and, notably, so many journalists,” he said.
