The Journalists Syndicate warned of a massacre that might occur against journalists present in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in light of the targeting they are being subjected to.

The head of the union’s freedoms committee, Muhammad al-Laham, said in a statement on Friday evening that the union had lost contact with dozens of male and female colleagues who were covering the Israeli aggression on the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital.

Al-Lahham added that there were many attempts by the union to communicate, without any response from any male or female colleague who remained until Friday afternoon in the vicinity of the hospital, which portends a serious danger to their lives and makes their fate unknown until this moment.

Al-Laham called on Red Cross crews and international organizations present in Gaza to intervene and provide protection for journalists in light of the escalation of their targeting and incitement campaigns against them.