US EditionAfter largely ignoring suffering in Gaza, Israeli media start to report on Palestinian hardships
Israeli media has increased reporting on Palestinian hardships amid Gaza conflict, highlighting malnutrition and civilian deaths, while government policies remain unchanged despite public protests.
- Israeli media have recently begun reporting more on Palestinian hardships in Gaza after largely focusing on Israeli suffering since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
- This shift follows nearly two years of war sparked by Hamas's brutal Oct. 7 attack that killed around 1,200 Israelis and took 251 hostages, while Palestinian civilian suffering remained largely underreported.
- Journalists like Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps and Raviv Drucker have criticized the media's minimal coverage of Gazans' suffering and urged that showing this reality is a pillar of democracy.
- The Gaza Health Ministry reports over 64,000 Palestinian deaths, and a 2.5-month Israeli ban on humanitarian aid fueled a declared famine that Israeli media only recently started documenting more openly.
- This emerging coverage may increase public awareness of Gaza’s humanitarian crisis despite continued political resistance and media censorship concerns within Israel.
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Why some Israeli journalists only now are turning a lens on Gaza devastation
Throughout the war in Gaza, Israel’s media has focused on Israelis’ hardships on and since Oct. 7. It was what people wanted. Now, some journalists are admitting that coverage of Gazans as people has been irresponsibly minimal, distorting reality.
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After largely ignoring suffering in Gaza, Israeli media start to report on Palestinian hardships
The war in the Gaza Strip is starting to look different these days on the Israeli news. For most of the past two years, television stations in Israel have paid little attention to suffering in Gaza, giving viewers a steady stream of stories about Israeli heroism, the agony of hostages’ families and
Israeli Media Highlights Gaza Crisis Amid Public Pressure
Tel Aviv: Israeli media coverage of the ongoing war in Gaza is showing a noticeable shift. For the past two years, most Israeli TV stations largely ignored the suffering of Palestinians, focusing instead on Israeli military bravery, the plight of hostages’ families, and soldier casualties. In recent months, some Israeli TV channels have started airing reports highlighting the daily struggles of Palestinians, including images of malnourished chil…
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