Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Thursday, sparking condemnation from the Palestinian Authority and Jordan.
Gaza authorities said an Israeli air strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital on Thursday.Five Palestinian journalists sleeping in a TV broadcast van have been killed in an Israeli strike, according to their employer.What’s next?:
Hundreds of doctors, journalists and others are dying in Gaza, international bodies say, alleging they are being targeted by the Israeli military for doing their job. The five journalists were identified by their employer, Al Quds Today Television, as Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan, Fadi Hassouna, Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali, Ayman Al-Jadi, and Mohammed Al-Lada'a.
The IDF was quick to dispute that, and argued the five men were members of a "terrorist cell" from Islamic Jihad. The Palestinian Journalists Union said the strike killed five journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel.IDF spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said there were "fake claims" the group were journalists.Palestinian journalists disputed that.
"This crime is part of an ongoing series of Israeli assaults on Palestinian journalists, targeting media professionals at all times and in all locations in an attempt to silence the truth and tighten the noose on freedom of expression," it said in a statement. Criticism of the IDF's attitude towards the media has extended to its restrictions on foreign journalists accessing Gaza — except in limited and controlled circumstances when embedded with Israeli troops.Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Thursday, sparking condemnation from the Palestinian Authority and Jordan.
The Palestinian Authority's foreign ministry said in a statement that it "condemns" Mr Ben Gvir's latest visit, calling his prayer at the site a "provocation to millions of Palestinians and Muslims".
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