Journalists Syndicate: 7 journalists were killed, 16 injured, and 3 were detained last June.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate confirmed that the Israeli occupation regime continues to target the Palestinian press in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and within the 1948 territories, through a series of crimes, the most prominent of which was the martyrdom of seven fellow journalists in the Gaza Strip during the month of June.

A documentary report issued by the Syndicate's Press Freedoms Committee revealed that the occupation army committed more than 100 crimes, assaults, and direct violations against journalists during the month, as part of a systematic escalation targeting press freedom.

According to the data, seven journalists were killed while covering the field, while 16 others sustained serious injuries from bullets or rocket shrapnel. The attacks also targeted journalists' families, with five relatives killed as a result of direct shelling.

The report stated that the occupation army documented the arrest of three journalists, while four others were brought before military courts.

Regarding the media infrastructure, six press institutions were demolished or forcibly closed, 10 journalists' homes were destroyed, and the occupation forces confiscated filming and broadcasting equipment in four documented incidents.

The report also documented 22 cases of detention or prevention from coverage, 8 attacks involving direct gunfire on journalists, 7 attacks using sound bombs and toxic tear gas, 3 cases of physical assault, and 3 cases of threats and public incitement against journalists.

The union also reported one case of travel ban and two cases of attacks by settlers on media crews.

The report also documented a series of violations perpetrated by the occupation, through security forces and settler personnel, against Arab and Western media crews covering the fall of Iranian missiles on areas within the 1948 territories.

The report indicated that these figures reflect the wide scope and seriousness of the violations, amid international silence and continued restrictions on journalistic work in the Palestinian territories. This coincides with the continued displacement of hundreds of journalists in search of safety, with some forced to flee their homes for the fifth or sixth time, a large portion of which has been destroyed.

The difficulty of reaching work and communicating with the outside world continued due to the disruption of telecommunications and internet networks, as a result of the occupation army targeting broadcast towers and covering them with shelling and destruction.

The report also noted a relative increase in the phenomenon of internal attacks against fellow journalists by official or family bodies, violations that are considered alarming and dangerous, given the genocidal aggression practiced by the Israeli occupation against our people in the Gaza Strip in particular, and against the Palestinian people in general.