“Yes, We Kill Journalists and the World Can Go to Hell”: MEE Condemns Israel’s Targeting of Press in Gaza

August 28, 2025 – Palestine –

An incendiary editorial published by Middle East Monitor, titled “Yes, we kill journalists and the world can go to hell,” calls out what it describes as a systematic Israeli strategy of eliminating media workers in Gaza while dismissing global outcry. The piece highlights an emerging pattern: journalists are increasingly vilified as militants, following their deaths in strikes, rather than recognised as civilians protected under international law. The editorial cites the strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital on August 25, where multiple media professionals were killed in what appears to have been a deliberate “double-tap” attack. Critics argue the admission by military officials that such actions could be acceptable underscores a disturbing erosion of press protections.

The article further underscores disturbing incidents, such as the targeted killing of prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who was swiftly accused of being a “terrorist” posthumously, despite lacking credible evidence for the claim. Such accusations, the editorial asserts, are not anomalies but part of a decades-long tactic aimed at legitimizing the violent silencing of journalists and discrediting their essential role in wartime reporting. By framing these actions as acceptable—even unmoved by international condemnation, the editorial warns of a broader collapse in protections for media professionals.

The commentary concludes that if the brutalisation of journalists can proceed with impunity and is justified in public discourse, then the foundations of accountability and the very idea of press freedom face existential threats.

References –

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250828-yes-we-kill-journalist-and-the-world-can-go-to-hell/