Another Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, death toll rises to 216
Hassan Sammour, anchor for Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, killed in pre-dawn strike in Khan Younis
GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL
Another Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Thursday, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 216, local authorities said.
Hassan Sammour, an anchor for Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, and his family were killed in the pre-dawn strike that hit eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the government media office said in a statement.
The media office denounced Israel’s targeting of Palestinian journalists and called on human rights and media institutions around the world to “condemn these systematic crimes against Gaza journalists.”
Since October 2023, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip, killing nearly 53,000 Palestinians so far, most of them women and children.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
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