In other news from Gaza, an Israeli drone struck a pair of Al Jazeera journalists on Tuesday, seriously injuring correspondent Ismail Abu Omar and his cameraman Ahmad Matar, who were rushed to the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis. Doctors had to amputate Abu Omar’s right leg. He also suffered severe bleeding and still has pieces of shrapnel in his head and chest. The pair were injured while reporting on displaced Palestinians in the Rafah region. Al Jazeera accused Israel of deliberately targeting the journalists. According to Palestinian officials, at least 126 journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 7. On Tuesday, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the killing of journalists in Gaza.
Secretary-General António Guterres: “I am deeply troubled by the number of journalists that have been killed in this conflict. Freedom of press is a fundamental condition for the people to be able to know what’s really happening everywhere in the world.”