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Thu 22 Jan 2026 10:07 am - Jerusalem Time

Israeli media: Angry message from Cairo after the assassination of journalists from the Egyptian Committee in Gaza

Israeli Channel 12 revealed that Cairo demanded explanations from Tel Aviv regarding the attack on a car carrying Gazans working with the Egyptian Committee in the central Gaza Strip, which led to the martyrdom of 5 people, including 3 journalists. According to the channel, Egypt is demanding to "understand why the Israeli Air Force bombed a car carrying Gazans working for the Egyptian Committee for the Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip."

In the same context, Israeli sources said that Egypt "sent an angry message to Israel after a raid in Gaza in which 5 Palestinians were killed." The sources stated that "the dead were working for the Egyptian Committee for the Reconstruction of the Strip." They clarified that Cairo is protesting the execution of the raid outside the scope of the Yellow Line. The sources added that "Egypt confirms that the targeted area did not pose a threat to Israeli forces."

Earlier, medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported the martyrdom of 3 journalists working with the Egyptian Relief Committee due to an Israeli shelling in the Netzarim area, south of Gaza City.

The Director-General of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Munir Al-Barsh, said that the Israeli occupation continues to kill Palestinians in the Strip, adding that the three martyred journalists work for the Egyptian Committee for the Relief of Gaza.

In turn, the Civil Defense announced - in a statement - the transfer of the bodies of the three journalists who were martyred as a result of an Israeli drone shelling to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.

Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said that "the journalists were performing a field photography mission in Netzarim, while documenting the conditions of camps supervised by the Egyptian Committee." He added that the journalists were wearing distinctive press clothing while at the targeting site.

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Israeli media: Angry message from Cairo after the assassination of journalists from the Egyptian Committee in Gaza

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