Al Jazeera English director of news: 'Every journalist in Gaza is writing his own obituary'

The Israeli strike in Gaza City late last night killed seven people including at least four journalists from the news network Al Jazeera.

“They have been working for two years under very difficult circumstances, risking their lives in order for one thing to happen, to bring the truth about what is happening in Gaza to the outside world,” Negm told CNN’s Christina Macfarlane. “Our correspondents died doing this.”

He said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously “promised to secure” the journalists. “He promised to secure them,” he said. “And this is how he secured journalists, killing five of them.”

“Every journalist in Gaza is writing his own obituary,” he added. “Because if you are in Gaza, you are not safe anywhere.”

Israel has consistently argued that it is acting in accordance with international law and that its war in Gaza following the deadly Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 is one of self-defense.

Negm has vehemently denied Israel’s claim that reporter Anas al-Sharif was leading a Hamas cell, saying that the Israeli strike that killed several of the network’s journalists amounted to “killing the messenger and trying to eliminate any eyewitness to atrocities and genocide.”

Israel does not allow international journalists to enter Gaza to report independently.

CNN's Bianna Golodryga spoke with Ian Williams, president of the Foreign Press Association.

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