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Mada: the occupation forces killed two journalists and injured three in the last two days

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (Mada) strongly condemns the continuation of the Israeli occupation forces attacks on journalists and media outlets, in the context of the brutal war on Gaza Strip, which has been going on since 27 December, and which caused killing of more than 800 people, and more than three thousand injured, and enormous devastation and Humanitarian disaster, in addition it continued attacks on Journalists in the West Bank.

Alwan Radio broadcaster A’la Hammad Murtaja (25 years) died yesterday evening, after being seriously injured by the bombing of his house in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza city by an Israeli tank. His colleague Mazen Belbaysi said that Murtaja took leave for two hours and went to his home, where he was in at approximately six pm was seriously wounded in the leg by the bombing of his home, he was taken to Shifa hospital, and died at about 10 pm, while Aljazeera correspondent was preparing to interview him. his mother was seriously injured in the incident.

Israeli warplanes also carried out on the day before yesterday bombed flat
Palestinian Public TV cameraman home Ihab Jamal Whidi (33 years) in doctors Tower in Gaza city. Journalist Khader Zaa’nun said that Whidi was killed as result of injury in different parts of his body based on interview with Wahidi wife, who was seriously injured in the incident. Whidi mother in law Ruqaya Abu Naja was killed in the same Incident, she is Moroccan.