The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on US media outlets to condemn Israel's attacks on journalists in the Gaza Strip.

This came in a statement issued by the council on Monday, following the killing of journalists Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour in Israeli attacks.

The statement explained that journalists are being targeted and killed in Gaza because they are highlighting Israel's brutality in the Strip.

He added: "The lives of Muslim, Palestinian, and non-white journalists should matter to media organizations just as much as the lives of white, European, or Christian journalists."

Following the martyrdom of the two journalists, the Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip announced yesterday, Monday, that the number of Palestinian journalist martyrs had risen to 208 since October 7, 2023.

Since resuming its genocide on March 18, Israel has killed 730 Palestinians and injured 1,367 others, most of them children and women, according to the Ministry of Health.

This escalation, which Tel Aviv said was taking place in full coordination with Washington, represents the most significant violation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, the second phase of which Israel refrained from implementing after the first phase expired in early March.

Despite Hamas' commitment to the terms of the agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, refused to initiate the second phase, yielding to pressure from extremists within his government.