Media watchdog files ICC case over journalists' deaths in Gaza

May 27, 2024 - 22:23

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Monday it had filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court over Palestinian journalists killed or injured in Gaza.

RSF said it was asking the ICC's prosecutor to investigate war crimes committed by the Israeli army against at least nine Palestinian reporters since December 15, AFP reported.  
The ICC said in January it was probing potential crimes against journalists since the outbreak of Israel’s war on Gaza, which has cost the lives of more than 100 reporters. 

RSF said it had "reasonable grounds for thinking that some of these journalists were deliberately killed and that the others were the victims of deliberate IDF attacks against civilians." 

This specific complaint -- the third the RSF has made -- concerns eight Palestinian journalists killed between December 20 and May 20, and one other who sustained injuries. 

"All concerned journalists were killed (or injured) in the course of their work," RSF said in a statement.
 

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