targeting journalists

Palestinian protesters take cover behind a dirt mound as Israeli soldiers open fire from across the border in the distance, east of Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, April 6, 2018. Israeli snipers have killed over 30 people and shot over 1,000 others since The Great Return March began a week earlier. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills.org)

A state-sponsored mass shooting

On a day when military snipers shot hundreds of unarmed demonstrators, the army declares that ‘the circumstances in which journalists were wounded are unknown.’ The circumstances couldn’t be clearer. Israeli army sharpshooters and snipers have shot over 1,000 unarmed Palestinian protesters inside the Gaza Strip in the past week, killing more than 30 people. This…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 7, 2018

Israeli soldiers destroy cameras and equipment belonging to Palestinian and Italian journalists, Beit Furik, West Bank, September 25, 2015. (Screenshot: PALMEDIA)

WATCH: Israeli soldiers attack Palestinian, foreign journalists

Soldiers destroy cameras belonging to Palestinian and Italian photographers in the West Bank town of Beit Furik. A firsthand account from the photojournalist who filmed the now-viral video. By Ahmad Al-Bazz / Activestills.org Israeli violations of Palestinian “freedom of press” in this country are not uncommon. In fact, the opposite is true. But what I…

By Activestills September 26, 2015

Ruins of the home of Al Haddad family, which was destroyed by an a Israeli drone missile, in Al Shaja'ia neighborhood, Gaza City, July 12, 2014. The family of 25 people evacuated the building before the home was hit. (Photo: Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org)

The IDF doesn’t only aim at Hamas targets

Over a 160 people killed, entire neighborhoods which receive arbitrary warnings, entire families that have been bombed using hundreds of tons of explosives, shooting at a journalists’ car and hitting hospitals and schools. No, we do not only shoot at Hamas targets. (Translated from Hebrew by Sol Salbe) On Saturday evening, Hamas issued a warning,…

By Haggai Matar July 13, 2014

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