Josh Bloch

💢 Israeli strike kills Lebanese radio journalist in her home, Committee to Protect Journalists reports Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with privately owned Sawt Al-Farah radio, was killed when an Israeli airstrike hit her apartment building in the southern coastal city of Tyre, destroying it, according to the outlet’s director. Dayekh had worked at the station for decades and had been on air for 37 years. CPJ said her killing reflects a “continued pattern of harm against the press.” Her killing brings the number of journalists killed in Lebanon during the current conflict to six, including Mohammed Sherri, Hussain Hamood, Ali Shoaib, Fatima Ftouni, and Mohamad Ftouni. At least eight journalists have been killed since the Iran war began on February 28, according to CPJ.

I spent sixteen months reporting this story. It was deep, painful, and at times unbearable. It follows how surveillance tech is rewriting Gaza in real time — and what it’s doing to the people inside it. Read in @NYMag nymag.com/intelligencer/…

This helmet, this camera, and this shield are the reason for the killing of journalists. This is the crime of journalists!! The equipment of the martyred journalist: Mariam Abu Daqqa

This camera should be exhibited one day in the Genocide Memorial built in memory of the innumerable victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Shame on all journalists not raising their voice against the massacre of their brave Palestinian colleagues while documenting the genocide.

The IDF struck a Reuters camera and killed their cameraman, Hussam al-Masri. The IDF then put out a statement saying they struck a "Hamas camera." Reuters dutifully reported that claim in its headline as if it had any credibility at all. Reuters is quite literally willing to call itself Hamas if Israel asks it to. (I notice there's no byline on this story.)

Another unconscionable attack by Israel has killed 5 Palestinian journalists today. I've joined CJJP to demand Canada take action to protect journalists in Gaza.

The Israeli military has carried out air attacks on Nasser Medical Complex – southern Gaza’s main hospital – killing at least 20 Palestinians, including four journalists, says Gaza's health ministry. — in pictures aje.io/dm5v9v

MOH: Israeli occupation military KILLED 64 people across the Gaza Strip during the past day, including 30 aid seekers!

“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a limit on food? I’ve worked in many places with extreme hunger, but what’s so jarring in this context is how cruel it is, how deliberate. I was in Gaza for two months; there’s no way to describe the horror of what’s happening. And I say this as a pediatric ICU doctor who sees children die as part of my work. Among our own staff we have doctors and nurses who are trying to treat patients while hungry, exhausted. They’re living in tents. Some of them have lost fifteen, twenty members of their families. In the hospital there are kids maimed by airstrikes: missing arms, missing legs, third degree burns. Often there’s not enough pain medication. But the children are not screaming about the pain, they’re screaming: ‘I’m hungry! I’m hungry!” I hate to only focus on the kids, because nobody should be starving. But the kids, it just haunts you in a different way. When my two months were finished, I didn’t want to leave. It’s a feeling I haven’t experienced in nearly twenty years of humanitarian assignments. But I felt ashamed. Ashamed to leave my Palestinian colleagues, who were some of the most beautiful and compassionate people that I’ve ever met. I was ashamed as an American, as a human being, that we’ve been unable to stop something that is so clearly a genocide. I remember when our bus pulled out of the buffer zone. Out the window on one side I could see Rafah, which was nothing but rubble. On the other side was lush, green Israel. When we exited the gate, the first thing I saw was a group of Israeli soldiers, sitting at a table, eating lunch. I’ve never felt so nauseous seeing a table full of food.” ------------------------------------------------------- Aqsa Durrani is a pediatric doctor and board member of Doctors Without Borders USA, with nearly twenty years of experience in humanitarian projects. During our interview Aqsa repeatedly expressed a desire to center the voices of her Palestinian colleagues. To this end I’ve spent the past week collecting stories from the Palestinian staff of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza. I will be sharing these stories over the next several days. I’m so grateful for the time that these people gave me; they were sleepless, hungry, traumatized, and often working 24-hour shifts. Because of the unreliable internet connection their images are sometimes grainy. Their words, however, will be crystal clear.

On July 24 @CPJMENA said that Anas Al Sharif was being falsely smeared as a Hamas terrorist by the IDF and expressed worry that this was a precursor to his assassination cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-ca…

The IDF targeted a press tent at the Al-Shifa hospital killing Al Jazeera’s most senior correspondent in Gaza, Anas Al-Sharif, and colleague Mohamed Qreiqeh. Sharif and Qreiqeh are the 261st and 262nd Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since Oct 2023.

Israel just assassinated the entire Al Jazeera crew in Gaza: fearless journalists and cameramen reporting the truth amid genocide. This is a war crime and a crime against humanity. Where are the Western journalists? Will they condemn this, or choose silence and complicity?

Before killing him, Israel repeatedly threatened the life of the heroic and courageous Al Jazeera journalist @AnasAlSharif0 - and the majority of western media colleagues said nothing. Even after Israel killed more than 200 other journalists. We will never forgive their silence

Hashtag #GazaIsStarving is trending across social media as Israel continues to kill starving Palestinians seeking food across the besieged enclave and children die of malnutrition aje.io/t7tn7d

The full interview “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It”: Prof. Omer Bartov on the Growing Consensus on Gaza democracynow.org/2025/7/17/omer… via @democracynow

Right now 🇮🇱 is holding 28 physician hostages from Gaza. Two of them have been tortured to death: 🌹Dr. Iyad Ahmed Mohammed Al-Rantisi, Head of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kamal Adwan Hospital 🌹Dr. Adnan Ahmed Attia Al-Bursh, Head of Orthopedics, Al-Shifa Hospital @DrBursh These illegally detained doctors hold life-saving knowledge in the fields of obstetrics & gynecology, orthopedicc surgery, pediatrics, anesthesiology, pediatric gastroenterology, emergency response, cardiology, general surgery, intensive care, thoracic surgery, general practice, otolaryngology, & vascular surgery. 75% of them were kidnapped from their hospitals. 3 were kidnapped from pre-arranged medical convoys transferring patients through supposed “safe routes”. 11 of these physicians are >50yrs old with chronic heath conditions (while being denied medical care). “Healthcare workers are protected under International Humanitarian Law. Arbitrary detention is a war crime under the Rome Statue of the @IntlCrimCourt. Torture is a war crime under the Geneva Conventions. Israel must immediately and unconditionally release all the detained healthcare workers” @HCWWatch All medical organizations & governments must do all they can to push for their immediate release. #FreeThemAll #NotATarget

“No arrests made”

Don’t ask @FranceskAlbs stupid questions, unless you want to embarrass yourself

This is far more than just an ordinary photo. It stands as a testament to the ongoing genocide targeting medical leaders and academics — dedicated mentors who taught and guided hundreds of medical students in Gaza. This picture was taken during a graduation ceremony at the Faculty of Medicine in Gaza. Four of the individuals shown here were brutally killed by the occupation: Dr. Omar Farwana, former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Dr. Adnan Al-Barsh, Head of Orthopedic Surgery at Al-Shifa Medical Complex Dr. Raafat Lubbad, Head of Internal Medicine at Al-Shifa Medical Complex And today, Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, a Consultant Cardiologist and Director of the Indonesian Hospital