Israel strike on journalists’ tent in Gaza kills 1, injures 8
The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces Israel’s targeted airstrike that hit a media tent in the grounds of a hospital in Gaza on Monday, killing one journalist and injuring eight others, and calls on the international community to act to stop Israel killing Palestinian journalists.
The Israel Defense Forces said the strike targeted Hassan Eslayeh, a freelance photographer who was with Hamas on October 7, 2023. The IDF said Eslayeh, who was injured on April 7, 2025, was a “terrorist” who “participated in the bloody massacre.”
“This is not the first time Israel has targeted a tent sheltering journalists in Gaza. The international community’s failure to act has allowed these attacks on the press to continue with impunity, undermining efforts to hold perpetrators accountable,” said CPJ Middle East and North Africa Director Sara Qudah. “CPJ calls on authorities to allow the injured, some of whom have sustained severe burns, to be evacuated immediately for treatment and to stop attacking Gaza’s already devastated press corps.”
Footage verified by Reuters news agency showed people trying to douse flames in the tent, while images of someone trying to rescue a journalist in flames were widely shared online.
See also: Israel-Gaza war
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