Israel kills Al Jazeera and Palestine Today journalists in separate attacks in Gaza

Israel killed two Palestinian journalists in separate attacks in Gaza on Monday, bringing the total number of press workers killed in the Palestinian territory since October 2023 to 208.

Palestine Today correspondent Mohammed Mansour was killed in an air strike north of Khan Younis, while Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Hussam Shabat was hit in his car on Salah al-Din Street in the north of the enclave.

The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip said it condemned "in the strongest terms the targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation".

The deaths come as Israeli forces continue to press their renewed ground assault in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces have encircled the Tel al-Sultan neighbourhood in Rafah, southern Gaza, leaving 50,000 Palestinians trapped with little access to food and water, and the wounded "left to bleed to death".

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