Palestinian radio journalist Yusef Abu Hussein was killed after the Israeli military bombed his house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza this week.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) have condemned the killings and continued attacks on journalists. IFJ has called on the international community to hold Israel responsible for these crimes.
According to the PJS, Yusef Abu Hussein, a presenter in a Palestinian Radio channel lost his life during an air raid that targeted the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, where he lived. He was among the four victims of Wednesday’s bombing of Gaza, as Israel continued its bombardment of the besieged enclave.
He is the first journalist killed since the current round of violence began in Gaza.
In a separate bombing, Mohammad Dahlan, a photojournalist for the Turkish news agency Anadolu was injured during an Israeli missile attack on the Gaza Strip,
The IFJ has repeatedly called on the Israeli government to investigate attacks and targeted killings of Palestinian media workers.
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