Targeting journalists is a war crime. Israel bombs international media in Gaza

Prior warning doesn’t excuse the destruction of media headquarters for Al Jazeera and the AP.

2/ NPR: Why did Israel never tell AP or any media there that Hamas was allegedly in the building?

REGEV: We ensured there would not be innocent people being caught up in the crossfire, by giving adequate warning.

— Daniel Estrin (@DanielEstrin) May 15, 2021

4/ NPR: Why did Israel never tell AP before an hour?

REGEV: We gave them enough time to ensure that none of their people would be hurt in our operation.

NPR: How long has Israel known that Hamas has been using that building?

REGEV: I can't share that information.

— Daniel Estrin (@DanielEstrin) May 15, 2021

After providing advance warning to civilians & time to evacuate, IDF fighter jets struck a multi-story building containing Hamas military intelligence assets.

The building contained civilian media offices, which Hamas hides behind and deliberately uses as human shields. pic.twitter.com/zeDjEquePD

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 15, 2021

It appears that blaming news outlets for getting bombed and mocking them is a PR strategy of some sort? pic.twitter.com/lE0MomH0c0

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) May 15, 2021

Journalists are often targets and unknowing conduits of disinformation. Bittman referred to them performing as “unwitting agents. A Soviet intelligence officer once said that if the US didn’t have a free press, they would have to invent it for us (b/c it was so useful to them). https://t.co/U6AL91x33z

— Kate Starbird (@katestarbird) May 15, 2021

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