Iranian Foreign Minister Condemns Western Silence Over Killing of Journalists in Gaza
Tehran, The Gulf Observer: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has strongly criticized Western governments for what he described as their “shameful and deafening” silence following the killing of five journalists in a targeted Israeli strike on Gaza City.
In a post on his X account on Tuesday, Araghchi condemned the attack, stating: “Israel just carried out targeted assassinations of several more accredited and high-profile Palestinian journalists. Is that strength? Or the panic of a globally reviled regime that is going downhill? When all this is over, the world will remind Western governments of their complicity in these atrocities. Their shameful silence is deafening.”
The attack occurred late Sunday when Israeli forces struck a tent housing journalists outside the main entrance of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The strike killed at least five media workers, including Al Jazeera journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, along with two camera operators from the Qatar-based network.
Since the Gaza war erupted in early October 2023, Israeli forces have repeatedly targeted members of the press, a move widely seen as an effort to suppress coverage of Palestinian suffering.
According to the Gaza Government Information Office, at least 237 journalists have been killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the conflict.
