HAVANA TIMES – Israel’s military operation in Gaza has become the deadliest and most dangerous conflict for journalists in recent history, with at least 122 media workers killed, according to United Nations human rights experts.
“We are alarmed by the extraordinarily high number of journalists and media workers who have been killed, attacked, injured, and detained in the occupied Palestinian territory in recent months, blatantly ignoring international law,” said the experts.
The alarm statement was delivered by five independent rapporteurs acting under the mandate of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
They are Irene Khan, rapporteur on the protection and promotion of the freedom of opinion and expression; Francesca Albanese, on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory since 1967, and Mary Lawlor, rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.
Also, Morris Tidball-Binz, rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions; and Ben Saul, rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the fight against terrorism.
“We condemn all killings, threats, and attacks on journalists and call on all parties in the conflict to protect them,” the experts said.
According to UN reports, since October 7, when the bloody incursion by the Islamist militia Hamas into southern Israel occurred, and the Israeli military response
