Gaza, May 4 -- Dozens of journalists held a protest in southern Gaza's Khan Younis on Saturday, urging the international community to protect media workers from repeated Israeli targeting.
The protest was organized by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate to mark World Press Freedom Day. The journalists gathered at the Nasser Medical Complex in the city and held up signs reading "Stop Killing Journalists".
In a speech during the protest, Tahseen Al-Astal, the syndicate's deputy head, accused Israel of committing "a crime against Palestinian journalists by directly killing them and destroying their homes."
Al-Astal considered the media situation in Gaza to be among "the most dangerous in the world, given the complete absence of any saf...