Israel killing journalists with ‘impunity,’ says press freedom group

Calls are growing for an independent investigation into the death of Al Jazeera and independent journalists who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, including prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif.

Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), says the attacks qualify as war crimes, and tells Power & Politics what her organization wants to see from governments in response. The CPJ says at least 192 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since the war began.

The Israeli military said in a statement that al-Sharif led a Hamas cell and "was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians" and Israeli troops, citing intelligence and documents it said were discovered in Gaza as evidence but that it did not disclose. CBC News has not seen the documents or otherwise verified the allegations.

Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatari government, rejected the assertion, and before his death al-Sharif had also denied such claims by Israel. #Gaza #CBCNews #Moment

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