The condemnation came from UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric at a press conference at UN headquarters in Geneva, according to the UN News website.
"Journalists working for Al Jazeera in Gaza were once again victims of the conflict on Sunday," Dujarric said, explaining that "these latest killings highlight the grave risks journalists continue to face while covering this ongoing conflict" that has lasted for more than 22 months. He continued, "The Secretary-General calls for an independent and impartial investigation into these latest killings."
"a flagrant violation"
For its part, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned, on Monday, the Israeli occupation army's assassination of the six journalists by bombing their tent in Gaza City, deeming it a "flagrant violation of international humanitarian law."
Condemning the massacre of journalists, the UN Commission said via its X platform: "Israel must respect and protect all civilians in the Gaza Strip, including journalists."
"We condemn the killing of six Palestinian journalists by Israeli army fire when their tent was targeted, in a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law," she said, calling for immediate, safe, and unhindered access for all journalists from international media outlets to the Gaza Strip.
"A blow to press freedom"
In the same context, European Commissioner for Equality, Hadja Lahbib, considered Israel's assassination of journalists in Gaza, including Anas Al-Sharif, a direct blow to press freedom.
This came in a statement published by Habib on her X platform account, in which she condemned the assassination of six journalists, including four from the Qatari satellite channel Al Jazeera, in the latest targeting of journalists in a genocide that has been ongoing for 22 months.
"We are horrified by the killing of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, including correspondent Anas Al-Sharif," Habib told Al Jazeera, adding that it is a "direct blow to press freedom," emphasizing the need to protect civilians and the press at all times.
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"unreasonable danger"
For its part, the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch said that Israel "deliberately" killed dozens of journalists in Gaza, calling on Tel Aviv to stop committing "atrocities" in the besieged Strip.
She stressed that "the blatant killing of Palestinian journalists Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqea, and four other media professionals highlights the unimaginable danger facing Palestinian journalists in Gaza."
It explained that this also highlights the Israeli army's "complete disregard for the lives of civilians" in the Gaza Strip, stressing that "journalists should never be targeted, but Israeli forces have deliberately killed dozens of them."
The organization emphasized that "while Israel continues to ban journalists from entering Gaza, Palestinian journalists play an indispensable role in documenting and covering Israel's ongoing genocide against Palestinians," and called on Israel to stop committing "atrocities" in the Gaza Strip, "instead of killing the voices that cover them."
On Sunday evening, the Israeli occupation forces bombed a tent near Al-Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza City (north), killing six journalists: Al Jazeera correspondents Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Moamen Aliwa, and their assistant Mohammed Noufal, in addition to Mohammed Al-Khalidi, who died Monday morning from his wounds, according to the government's media office in Gaza on Monday.
With the assassination of the six journalists, the number of media professionals killed by Israel has risen to 238 since the beginning of its genocide in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, according to the Gaza Media Office.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and displacement, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
The Israeli genocide left 61,499 Palestinians dead, 153,575 injured, and more than 9,000 missing. Hundreds of thousands were displaced, and a famine claimed the lives of many, including dozens of children.
