Al Jazeera refutes the Israeli Occupation Army’s false claims to justify crimes against its journalists

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the Israeli occupation army’s baseless accusations, which seek to justify its crimes against Al Jazeera journalists and cameramen in Gaza, most recently the killing of cameraman Ahmed Wishah.

Since October 2023, the Israeli campaign of incitement has relentlessly spread false allegations and baseless accusations against Al Jazeera staff. The Network considers this smear campaign a transparent and futile attempt to justify the deliberate targeting of journalists and cameramen whose only “crime” has been their courageous determination to document and expose the genocide being perpetrated by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip. These attempts deceive no one and cannot obscure the truth witnessed by the world.

Al Jazeera calls on press freedom organisations and people of conscience around the world to take urgent action to safeguard all journalists in the Gaza Strip and ensure their safety, enabling them to carry out their professional duties free from intimidation, threats, or harm.