Gantz: “Judging journalists who were present at the massacre is similar to judging its perpetrators,” and his statements were based on the report of an Israeli organization biased toward Israel and accused of inaccuracy. "CNN." The work of the photographer and the AP agency is suspended. She says she had no prior information

Today, Thursday, Israel accused photojournalists from the Gaza Strip working for international media outlets of having perhaps known in advance about the Hamas attack on the “Gaza Strip” on October 7th, which the photographers documented, and the editorial boards of these media outlets demanded clarifications. About their presence with Hamas fighters who carried out the attack.

A statement by the Israeli Ministry of Information said: “These journalists are complicit in crimes against humanity. This is a violation of professional ethics. Last night, the Government Press Office sent a letter to the editors of the media outlets that employ these photographers and demanded clarification on the matter. The National Media Authority demands that action be taken.” "Instant."

The head of the “National Camp” bloc and member of the Israeli “War Cabinet,” Benny Gantz, considered that “if there were journalists who knew about the massacre, and remained silent while children were slaughtered, then they are no different from the saboteurs and their punishment is similar. And whoever was present at the massacre and photographed, and whoever was there was a massacre and looting, and whoever was present in the massacre and remained silent is a terrorist. The same ruling will be imposed on the terrorists.”

Honest Reporting, an organization that supports Israel and follows what it describes as “biased reports against Israel,” published a report last night. The organization claimed that the presence of photographers, who work independently with international media outlets such as CNN. The Associated Press, in the early stages of the Hamas attack, raises questions related to professional ethics, and hinted that the photographers may have known in advance about the attack.

Haaretz newspaper reported on its website that this organization was founded in 2020, and is registered as an association with the Registrar of Associations in Israel, and is also active in the United States, Britain, and Canada. The “Fire Torah” association for spreading Judaism in Israel and the world funded the organization’s website. The newspaper pointed out that international media had criticized this organization in the past, and said that it had a habit of making inaccurate allegations with the aim of supporting Israeli propaganda.

One of the cameramen works for CNN. And another photographer for the Associated Press (AP). CNN announced today that it will suspend work with Gazan photographer Hassan Saleh. The network said that Saleh works as a freelance photographer, “but at this stage we did not find any reason to question his journalistic work for us, and despite that we decided to suspend all communications with him.”

The Associated Press said in a statement, “We use images from independent photographers around the world, including in Gaza. Hassan Al-Saleh has sometimes worked for the Associated Press. The agency’s mission is to collect information about news events around the world, wherever they occur, even when they are... "These events are horrific and there are many injured. The agency did not have any information about the October 7 attacks before they occurred."

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