The IDF has admitted to bombing a hospital in order to assassinate a prominent Palestinian journalist in Gaza, explicitly stating that they assassinated him for engaging in journalistic activities.

The official Israel Defense Forces account made the following post on Twitter (emphasis added):

Don’t let Aslih’s press vest fool you: Hassan Abdel Fattah Mohammed Aslih, a terrorist from the Hamas Khan Yunis brigade, was eliminated along with other terrorists in the ‘Nasser’ hospital in Khan Yunis. Aslih participated in the brutal October 7 massacre under the guise of a journalist and owner of a news network. During the massacre, he documented acts of murder, looting, and arson, posting the footage online. Journalist? More like terrorist.”

Documenting newsworthy acts and posting the footage online is also known as journalism. It’s the thing that journalism is.

  • @[email protected]
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    But I cannot for the life of me understand the worlds outrage at Russia in Ukraine while the events in Gaza over decades has been so much worse

    Both Ukraine and Israel are puppets of USA, which controls much of world’s media so naturally you would have outrage fueled and consent manufactured for both.

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      101 day ago

      True, although the line of puppetry is a little blurred between the US and Israel. While ultimately they rely heavily on the annual military aid, their influence in US politics is immense.

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      You claim the US puppets Israel, but why would the US care about gaza to the point of making Israel do this evil stuff? Why would the US pay 80 years of horrific costs and complications over this particular middle eastern people? Why can we still criticise the US government, but criticisizing Israel or zionists is being criminalized?

      Israel is the puppeteer over the US. The US government let money buy politics and it got thoroughly bought. Both US political parties are for sale.