has formally requested that the prosecutor investigate the targeting of journalists in Gaza as war crimes.
Targeting of journalists was 鈥渄eliberate鈥 and constitutes 鈥渨ar crimes,鈥 Christophe Deloire of Reporters Without Borders . 鈥淭he Israeli authorities could not have been unaware of the presence of journalists among the civilian demonstration.鈥
The Palestinian Journalists鈥 Syndicate is also of various Palestinian media outlets to prepare legal files to send to the International Criminal Court and some European courts. The move comes in response to Israel鈥檚 targeting of journalists in Gaza, especially the killing of two reporters.
Since the start of the on March 30, Israel has killed Palestinian journalists and , and injured more than 90, to the Palestinian Journalists鈥 Syndicate.
Among those injured was photojournalist , whose work has frequently appeared on The Electronic Intifada. Qudih was critically injured by live ammunition on May 14, and was later taken to al-Makassed hospital in Jerusalem. His condition has now stabilised.
Another photojournalist whose photographs have frequently appeared on The Electronic Intifada, was also while covering the protests on May 15.
鈥淭he Israeli occupation is afraid of this lens,鈥 he told Quds News Network. 鈥淚t wants to repress this fact, it wants to blur this lens, so as to not expose its crimes.
鈥淒espite all the wounds and despite all the pain, we will document these crimes for the world.鈥
Meanwhile, journalists have been targeted at protests by Palestinians in solidarity with marchers in Gaza, in commemoration of the Nakba and against the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem.
Israeli forces injured Jordanian-American photographer with a rubber bullet during a 鈥渘on-moment, standing around waiting for the circus to begin,鈥 as she was preparing to cover the protests near the checkpoint on 15 May, to The Art Newspaper.
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