Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate: The new massacre by the occupation raises the number of martyrs in journalism to 244 in Gaza.

The Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate condemned, on Monday, August 25, 2025, what it described as a "horrific massacre and a new war crime" committed by the occupation army against Palestinian journalism, following the martyrdom of four journalists in a bombing that targeted the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

The syndicate confirmed in an angry statement that this crime raises the total number of martyrs in journalism and media workers since the onset of the aggression to more than 244 martyrs, considering this as conclusive evidence of the occupation's deliberate targeting of the "free voice and the witnessing camera."

The syndicate mourned with deep sadness and pain the four journalists who fell "in cold blood while carrying out their professional and humanitarian mission" in covering the aggression. The martyrs are: Hossam Al-Masri, a photographer for Palestine TV and Reuters, Mohammed Salama, a photographer for Al Jazeera, Mariam Abu Daqa, a journalist who worked with Independent Arabia and the AP agency, and Muath Abu Taha, a journalist with the American NBC network.

The bombing also resulted in injuries to several other journalists, including photojournalist Hatem Omar (working with Reuters) and photographer Jamal Badah (Palestine Today satellite channel).

The syndicate emphasized that "this heinous crime represents a serious escalation in the direct and deliberate targeting of Palestinian journalists," confirming that the occupation is waging an open war on media to terrorize journalists and prevent them from exposing its crimes.

The syndicate held the Israeli occupation and its leaders fully responsible for this crime and demanded that they be held accountable in international courts as war criminals.

The Journalists' Syndicate issued an urgent appeal to the international community, the United Nations, and the International Federation of Journalists, calling for a shift from verbal condemnations to "taking practical and deterrent steps to stop the systematic killing machine against journalists in Gaza."

It affirmed that the continued international silence on these crimes is "unacceptable complicity and partnership in shedding the blood of the innocent," pledging to pursue all those involved in these crimes through international legal channels.