When Trump was asked at a press conference at the White House in Washington, "Will you pressure Israel to allow journalists into Gaza?" the US president replied, "I would love that. I have no objection to journalists being allowed in. I would be very happy for them to go in."
"If you're a journalist, doing interviews there can be very dangerous, and you know that, but I'd like to see it happen," he continued.
Last Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces killed six Palestinian journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqea, by bombing the tent they were staying in near Al-Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza City.
As a result, the number of journalists killed by the Israeli occupation forces has risen to 238 since the beginning of the war of extermination on October 7, 2023, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza.
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Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the Israeli military to allow more foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip. He told a press conference in occupied Jerusalem that the media needed to see Israel's efforts to allow humanitarian aid to reach Gaza's residents, he claimed.
With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
The Israeli genocide left 61,776 Palestinians dead and 154,906 injured, most of them children and women. More than 9,000 people were missing, hundreds of thousands were displaced, and a famine claimed the lives of 239 people, including 106 children.
