US EditionBritish journalists demand action from PM over war in Gaza
The National Union of Journalists demands UK government pressure Israel to allow free reporting and support International Criminal Court investigations amid 246 journalist deaths since October 2023.
- On Wednesday the NUJ's London Freelance branch delivered a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer and held a vigil opposite Downing Street for the nearly 200 journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023, reading their names aloud.
- Amid the deadliest period for journalists since 1992, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports at least 189 Palestinian journalists have been killed since October 2023, including five in a double strike on Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
- David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, sent five questions to Sir Keir Starmer, demanding an international probe and asking if the Ministry of Defence holds surveillance-flight data from early August, which it refused to disclose.
- The NUJ London Freelance branch urged the government to protect surviving Palestinian journalists and support an ICC investigation, while Israel denies deliberately targeting reporters and calls deaths a `tragic mishap`.
- Emphasising access constraints, the NUJ London Freelance branch, representing more than 3,000 freelance journalists, pressed Sir Keir on allowing non‑Palestinian reporters into Gaza, where foreign media face Israeli military restrictions.
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A vigil was held outside Downing Street for the hundreds of journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023. Israel denies targeting reporters, and Benjamin Netanyahu described the deaths of five in a recent attack on a hospital as a "tragic mishap".
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NUJ branch questions Prime Minister on journalists killed in Gaza ahead of vigil
At least 189 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 2023, the CPJ has said.
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