20 November 2012
Three journalists killed in Gaza
Crossfire
Three Palestinian journalists were killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip yesterday.
The Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV reported that two of its cameramen, Mahmoud al-Kumi and Hussam Salama, died in hospital from severe burns after a missile hit their vehicle while they were covering events in the Al-Shifaa district of central Gaza.
A third journalist, Mohamed Abu Aisha, the director of Al-Quds' Educational Radio, was also killed in his car during an air strike in central Gaza.
Avital Leibovich, an Israeli military spokeswoman, said a preliminary investigation showed all three were Hamas operatives.
Asked whether Israel had widened its range of targets to include journalists working for media run by Hamas or other militant groups, Leibovich said: "The targets are people who have relevance to terror activity."
Sources: AP-USA Today/GlobalPost
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Source: The Guardian
