4 more Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, death toll at 130 since Oct 7

GAZA CITY, Palestine

Four more Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Friday, bringing the death toll to 130 since Oct 7, according to the government media office.

A statement released by the media office identified the journalists as Zaid Abu Zayed, Yasser Mamdouh, Muhammad Raslan Shaniora, and Mahmoud Mushtaha. They were killed in Israeli bombardments across various areas in the Gaza Strip.

However, the statement did not provide specific details regarding the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the two journalists.

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 Hamas attack. The ensuing Israeli attack had killed at least 28,775, injured more than 68,552 others, and caused mass destruction and shortages of necessities.

Nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack.

The Israeli war on Gaza has pushed 85% of the territory's population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, while 60% of the enclave's infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which in an interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio