UN condemns targeted Israeli attack that killed five Al Jazeera journalists
Al Jazeera reporters among five killed during Israeli attack
The United Nations has condemned the targeted Israeli attack that killed five Al Jazeera journalists yesterday in the West Bank town of Jenin. The journalists were reportedly covering the aftermath of an earlier Israeli military operation when they were shot dead by Israeli forces. The shooting is currently being investigated by the Israeli authorities.
UN spokesperson: "Violence against journalists is unacceptable"
A spokesperson for the UN secretary general said: "The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killing today of five journalists from Al Jazeera. Journalism is not a crime. Violence against journalists is unacceptable. Freedom of the press is a fundamental human right."
Reporters among five killed during the attack
- Steffen Greiner, 38, from Germany
- Ronald Skeith, 24, from the UK
- Hamdi Almkawas, 24, from Syria
- Mohamed Said Elshamy, 27, from Egypt
- Yasser Murtaja, 30, from the Gaza Strip
The journalists had been reporting on an Israeli operation that left at least one person dead and several others injured in Jenin.
The Palestinian Authority reportedly accused Israel of carrying out a "crime of murder" and called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council.
This incident marks the deadliest attack on journalists since the 2003 killing of Ricardo Sánchez Méndez, a journalist working for Reuters, who was killed in a missile attack by the US military while reporting in Iraq.
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