Number of Journalists Killed in Gaza Rises to 256, After Journalist Mohamed Al-Monirawi’s Killing

The Israeli occupation forces have killed another Palestinian journalist in the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll of journalists to 256 since the genocide began on 7 October 2023.

According to a statement from the Government Media Office in Gaza, journalist Mohamed Al-Monirawi, who worked for the Palestine newspaper, was killed.

Al-Monirawi and his mother-in-law were killed in a drone strike launched by the Israeli occupation on the Al-Saafin area in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to medical sources at Al-Awda Hospital.

The deliberate targeting of journalists by the occupation forces—alongside the killing, starvation, and forced displacement of civilians, and the destruction of homes and vital infrastructure—constitutes clear evidence that what is happening in Gaza amounts to an act of genocide.

International laws, including the Geneva Conventions, explicitly oblige occupying forces to protect civilians and journalists, and criminalise their deliberate targeting. However, the continuing realities on the ground in Gaza demonstrate the occupation’s blatant violation of these obligations, revealing a systematic policy of terrorising civilians and suppressing the truth.

The ongoing genocide in Gaza demands an urgent response from the international community—not only to condemn the violations, but to hold those responsible for the killings, destruction, and forced displacement to account. Such action is essential to uphold fundamental human rights and prevent further escalation threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent Palestinians.

Since the implementation of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip up to Tuesday evening (before the airstrikes resumed), the occupation has violated the truce 125 times, resulting in 94 Palestinian deaths, 344 injuries, and 21 arrests, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza.

In total, the Israeli war of extermination, supported by the United States, has, since 8 October 2023, resulted in the deaths of 68,531 Palestinians and injuries to 170,402 others, most of them women and children, according to the latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Furthermore, the occupation has killed over 9,500 Palestinians whose bodies remain trapped beneath the rubble. It has destroyed 90% of civilian infrastructure, with the cost of reconstruction estimated by the United Nations at approximately $70 billion.