TRT Arabi correspondent Sami Barhoom says his crew was targeted and shot at least five times while they were out preparing a report.
TRT Arabi reporter Sami Barhoom, who was reporting with his crew in Gaza, was targeted by Israeli forces.There were no casualties, but correspondent Sami Barhoom sustained light injuries.
"While we were on a field mission for the TRT network we were directly shot by Israeli forces in the northwest of Khan Younis," Barhoum said."We were shot with deadly bullets directly in the face and chest.""We were on a field mission ... this car is for the press. To wear the protective gear and helmet is all that indicates that we are journalists," Barhoom said."This may indicate that journalists in Gaza are directly targeted.
TRT Arabi reporter Sami Barhoum and his team were targeted by Israeli forces in Palestine's Gaza. The TRT Arabi reporter was slightly injured in the attack.Journalists covering Israel's 10-month-old offensive on Gaza are dying at a rate far higher than that of other professions, suggesting they are being deliberately targeted by the Israeli military, according to a respected journalists group.
"The mortality rate among journalists is much, much higher than in other civilian professions. Indeed with more than 12% of Gazan journalists dead, it's a mortality rate that would be unusually high for infantry soldiers," Tim Dawson, deputy general secretary of the International Federation of Journalists , told
On August 10, two journalists — Tamim Ahmed Abu Muammer from Palestine Television and Abdullah Mahir al-Susi from Al-Aqsa Channel — were killed in Israeli attacks, adding to the rising toll of press casualties in the Gaza conflict, which Gaza Media Office said stood at 168.Live blog: Hamas urges international community, UN to safeguard civilians
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