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UN expert condemns Israeli killing of Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza
6 August 2024 12:18 BST
A United Nations expert on Tuesday condemned Israel's killing last week of Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Ramy El Rify in Gaza and urged that the deaths be prosecuted as a war crime.
The two men died in a 31 July air strike by the Israeli military, which said Al-Ghoul was a Hamas operative.
"I strongly denounce the deliberate targeting by Israel of two journalists in Gaza, which adds to an already appalling toll of reporters and media workers killed in this war," Irene Khan, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, said in a statement.
Reporting by Reuters