The United Nations Security Council has been urged to not turn a blind eye to Israel’s attacks on press freedom, including the targeting of journalists and closure of Al Jazeera’s bureaus, during its war on Gaza.

The president of Maldives, President Mohamed Muizzu says some journalists from Palestine, Lebanon and Al Jazeera who are crucially being killed and their offices have been closed in order to make sure that the world does not know exactly what is happening in this war.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ, more than 110 journalists and media workers  including four Al Jazeera reporters have been killed in Israeli attacks since the war began in October last year.

In addition to destroying Gaza’s media infrastructure, Israeli authorities in recent months have also shut down Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel and the occupied West Bank.

The closures have drawn condemnation from press freedom groups and rights activists, with the CPJ saying Israel’s efforts to censor Al Jazeera severely undermine the public’s right to information on a war that has upended so many lives in the region.

The United Nations Security Council has been urged to not turn a blind eye to Israel’s attacks on press freedom, including the targeting of journalists and closure of Al Jazeera’s bureaus, during its war on Gaza.

The president of Maldives, President Mohamed Muizzu says some journalists from Palestine, Lebanon and Al Jazeera who are crucially being killed and their offices have been closed in order to make sure that the world does not know exactly what is happening in this war.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ, more than 110 journalists and media workers  including four Al Jazeera reporters have been killed in Israeli attacks since the war began in October last year.

In addition to destroying Gaza’s media infrastructure, Israeli authorities in recent months have also shut down Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel and the occupied West Bank.

The closures have drawn condemnation from press freedom groups and rights activists, with the CPJ saying Israel’s efforts to censor Al Jazeera severely undermine the public’s right to information on a war that has upended so many lives in the region.