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February 28, 2024

50+ Broadcast Journalists Call on Israel & Egypt for Access to Gaza
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In media news, more than 50 prominent broadcast journalists have signed
an open letter calling for "unfettered access" to Gaza. Signatories on
the letter included journalists from the BBC, NBC, Sky News, CNN, ABC
and CBS. In the letter, they wrote, "We call on the government of Israel
to openly state its permission for international journalists to operate
in Gaza and for the Egyptian authorities to allow international
journalists access to the Rafah Crossing." Almost no international
journalists have been allowed inside Gaza except when embedded with the
Israeli military. For the past five months, the world has relied on the
reporting of Palestinian journalists, who have been killed by Israeli
forces in record numbers - by one count, over 125 journalists have lost
their lives in Gaza.


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