the, the safe them even come in as an international inside corruption, excellence award denominator here on now the . ready ready ready the a rising decimal in level 356 citizens are killed in the heaviest bombardment by is very forces the, i don't know about this, and this is all just a life and don't have also coming up on is where the strike it's a residential building a southern bay route, but his boss says one of the senior leaders was on homes. because of all the fires box throughout the day, major explosions are had and these are the post city of hyphens,

the attacks and spreads to on panic through. i love it on tens of thousands of people around the move, the is killed. hundreds of people then is the biggest bombardment to 11 on so far, tens of thousands of residents of lean kansas cities along the southern border after a wave of air strikes. at least a 356 lebanese citizens have been killed and more than 200002200 have been injured because in a lot of begins have coverage from time in southern 11 on israel has significantly escalated this conflict on leasing. one of its most intense and wide spread air assaults on lebanon in decades. the strikes came in waves, one after another, across southern lebanon,

as well as the east. these are areas where has the law has a presence. but these really military strategy appears to include attempts to cause a bigger displacement crisis. okay, there's a lot of time, a car, people are making their way out of this area. a few minutes ago, there's been another air strikes. you can see the smoke this, the airstrikes have been happening since the early hours of the morning. in fact, in recent days, and we are very, very close to the southern city of tire fighter jets are also hitting with isabel, says are has the positions on the highway leading to the capital. they route these rated army says, this is just the beginning. people are leaving traffic almost at a standstill after israel ordered them to leave areas where it says hezbollah is storing weapons already this nearly year long conflict, cuz this place more than $100000.00 people from lebanese villages along the border . but the un says another 150000 live about 10 kilometers north. like

and garza israel seems to have decided once again to put civilians in harms way for over 20 years. please bala has deployed its arms inside of homes and militarize civilian infrastructure. as a result, this is palletized organization has turned south in lebanon into a battlefield. isabel stated, were objective as to return residents to their homes and the north of the country, which has been a, has repeatedly targeted and supportive palestinians. and also the there's a lot of chaos here. they are very that there's going to be another strike. 70 citizens are being killed. hundreds injured among them, women, children, and paramedics hospital had been told that the school non urgent surgeries and treat people injured in what the officials called isabel's expanding aggression

against 11 on the parents were asked to fetch their children from school after tens of thousands of people received calls from local numbers, warning them to evacuate for their safety, as well as accused of using psychological warfare to create chaos and spread fear among a population. already on edge. we said from the style that we did not want war and he's belie later us on this role. i see that we did not want to bone civilian and we have 4 main military positions. but by our treacherous criminals, they crossed over lines. the nearly relentless strikes, having prevented hezbollah from launching rockets across the border, is already called this an open ended battle of reckoning. then there was a 0 tire, southern lebanon, as well as i was one of the senior leaders is safe despite an attempt by his will to assassinate him. is there any forces at a residential building southern bay would injuring 6 residents? all kinds of follow says the head of a southern fund tally coffee was hired, and it says has been moved to

a safe place out of emotions and they would follow us all over just tells us about the amount of damage that's being done over the last few hours a. hi. well, yes, obviously this morning, very irate about 6 30 am local time. israel started one of its heaviest foaming campaigns across the whole 11 on getting the south if you have known and also heating in the back of the valley. the drain a minute to explain that they fired and hit $800.00 sites across level. and they've also claimed that they've taken out hall from high school. i was fighting capabilities. now of course, as long as know confirm this. they haven't made any statements on this, but it is the largest funding campaign that we've seen so far during this conflict since october the 8th, when has blown into this world. now it also comes off to this evening when there was another as early as stripe on the southern suburb of duction in the south of february and very densely populated residential area. no, again, these regular minutes, your time the day we're targeting,

i mean khaki has block monday but has below, has actually just released the statement saying that the man, allison rocky is fine and i quote in good health. and now the bombing has been and the damage has been extensive. there are towns in the south are townsend and number 2 near the city of time and the aside to the areas that have never been hit before until today. so this is an expensive bombing campaign. of course, the whole of the afternoon and really ratcheting up of the situation here on the ground in 11 on today. oliver we be seeing pictures of as susan vehicles, which are being uh jamming. the roads are being had people have been trying to flee northwards in response to the strikes. just talk to us about the kind of reaction that you've been seeing and the strings to what's been happening. of course, i mean it's a very 10 situation here and 11 on at the moment, i mean following the strikes this morning there was over 274 were killed including

12 children and 39 women. so this has caused some fear in the south of the roads north have been completely jam packed traffic jams from the south. well they know it's very people have been moving here. now in beirut itself, people don't seem not kind of people we spoke to earlier, said that they used to this and that, you know, this isn't the 1st time the suggestion has happened. obviously, 11 owners of war in 2000 and in 2006. today going to stay, and i actually spoke to one friend who lived up in the mount lebanon, just above favorites. and he had the comparing 2 apartments in his building for residents from the south to come and move in there. so there is a penny and thursday's as fear in the south, but i would say across lebanon right now, there is to attend a sense of calm if you want to put it like that, all of the,

thank you very much. indeed. all of a mazda interpreters from bailey, that stephanie deckers in mind. and that's because these really, governments bundle just data from reporting inside israel. and it's definitely understand that daniel, how great they, um, is there, the ministry spokesman's, been making various statements throughout the last few hours? what's the army being saying about what's been happening? yes, he's given 3 statements actually throughout the day, starting the day, laying out the case is ralph case, if you will for this, for this war. so fighting self defense is israel ways does using visual aids are showing what they say, our civilian homes. it has, but i use this to store weapons and that is one of their main targets. uh, the last statement we had from him was that is roles targeted 1300 hezbollah targets. and that according to these really there's been a significant amount of damage to as well as weapon arsenal. now there have been

a lot of rocket and missile fire into israel during the course of the day, particularly around the north. also some long range managing to reach the northern areas of the occupied westbank and also very much hyphen. but of course, israel has a far more robust defense system and the shape of the iron do with the state in the shape of its air force that 11 on simply does not have when it comes to protecting its civilians. find the initial attacks happened or responses as they would put it to israel carried out a few days ago. it seemed to take a great many people by surprise. has there been any statement from the military or from anybody else about how much preparation to was to set all of this up and they also be giving any ideas, but what of course is going to happen next. you will never any comment as on how it prepares or what it's done. there is certainly always been the rhetoric since the beginning of this war with gall job at the

northern front was going to come. that has been the, i taking the side of her mouth even today and the ministry statements. and they made this point and that therefore, you know, israel, how to defend itself and how to particularly bring back as they've been saying, tens of thousands of his rady residents of the north back to their homes. who at the moment um are being, you know, held in hotels by these ready government, the bill is being paid for by these really government, the economies being affected. you know, there's so many, many layers to this. but how that is going to be achieved by escalating and, you know, there's been a very interesting phrase used um that sleep from the upper echelons, that is, you know, achieving de escalation by escalation i think is a big question. mark, how that is going to happen. and you know, what is the aim of this, these really say they want to change the balance of power they want to, you know, would, to push, has bullet back to the tiny river tons of kilometers. but, but i mean, does that solve any of the issues? very, very complicated. i think certainly a turning point and

a dangerous point where, where i now would have to wait and see. but certainly, israel has declared what it pretty much pulls the state of emergency for the next week, saying that the attacks on his bullet infrastructure will continue. this is stephanie decker and i'm on stephanie. thank you very much indeed. well as far as when for you, i'm chief, i'm telling you, but satisfies things urging a dst solution and a diplomatic solution between israel and 11. and we're more than this. give a l. as on those out to you and headquarters for us in new york, i understand uh gabrielle. there is some speculation about whether or not benjamin netanyahu is likely to turn off at the un general assembly, which is going to be happening. of course, in the next few days, what is the you and the saying about the latest developments and let them of the while they're watching it closely. and you can't help the fact that it is really dominated the secretary general's sort of meetings if you will. of course, his regular agenda goes on as plan. but for sure behind the scenes,

it's preoccupying him on, on his posture, going into this general assembly. and these key meetings and key speeches that will be taking place as spokesperson said, he's watching the situation very closely calling for de escalation. but let's not forget, there's also about 10000 un peacekeepers from unit feel that are in southern lebanon as well. they have been told to stay in their barracks, they are not doing patrols due to the escalation from israel towards 11 on right. now. this is a little bit more of what the scope of what the secretary general spokesperson had to say. what is the message from the secretary general specifically to israel? that is, escalating this situation. the secretary jones talk for many months now about he does not want to see escalation in lebanon. we are now seeing it. it's happening. it's in front of our eyes and it's a day before the level look the message to the parties that are firing at each

other across the blue line to all the parties involved. this company is step back from the brink to stop the escalation. we have the, we have mechanisms through which to address these issues. normally on the security issue through a, through you in a field on the broad a political issues through the work of our special coordinators in the region. as we just said, there is no military solution at this point that will make anyone in either country, any safer, beverly honest studies, those have been speaking your body is really rate on inclusive about using this beautiful in vermont. i want to say about that. yeah, you can tell that the secretary general's pre occupied by 11 on but also press freedom has come to the forefront as well because of israel's rate. on our offices in ramallah, the secretary general's spokesperson said, the secretary jones watching this closely, as well as deeply concerned by calling on these rarely authorities to reopen the

out 0 bureau and let all journalists work freely. the un and the secretary general called for israel to open up gods for international journalists as well to document what is taking place here transpiring there, that genocide being committed by israel. but in a normal situation like this, the secretary general might pick up the phone and call the prime minister of israel, but he can't. and that's because benjamin netanyahu will not pick up the phone, will not have any sort of meeting with secretary general antonio gutierrez. they have not spoken since october 7th, which is quite remarkable. and it's not because the secretary general doesn't want to speak to him. he very much does want to. that's the fact that that yahoo will not speak to the world's top diplomat antonio gutierrez. so the situation is quite

difficult on many levels, particularly the relationship between the u. n. and the secretary general himself of gabriel. thank you very much indeed. is worth pointing out. benjamin netanyahu is a former you and then box it, or that was back in the 19 ages for israel. he's famously critical of the institution. one can only imagine that's playing into in this situation as well. gabriel, alexander un headquarters. thank you very much. indeed. all depended on says the us to send the extra troops to the middle east as fighting escalates between israel and has bought more than 14000. the us personnel are already in the region. our wife has corresponding kimberly hawk. it has more from washington dc. very few details coming out of the pentagon about that breaking news with regard to the deployment of additional us, the soldiers to the region. well, we can tell you, is that right now in terms of the numbers, what they might be doing? know specifics have been given only that we're being told that out of an abundance

of caution. this is what is being directed by the pentagon to augment forces already in the region. and also right now, there are currently 40000 troops that are in place now, in terms of trying to resolve this situation, i can tell you that this is a top priority for the biden administration. as recently as in the last 24 hours, it has reiterated. but diplomacy is still what the 5 and ministration is pursuing. and trying to de escalate tensions between is real and love it on and to try and contain the situation so that this doesn't spiral into a broader middle east conflict. and that is the real concern of the white house. so that's what they're trying to do. even as israel has signaled that the attacks are only going to intensify, a still head and i'll just say no more is really a tax and residential buildings in guys. our whole family is wiped out on the

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a wave of various tries at least 356 leavening citizens have been killed. on 1200 are being injured. tens of thousands of lebanese are free in north schools, and universities have closed hospitals on mobile phones. and israel is promising more attacks to come on in the capital, be rude. israel has counted our districts in a residential buildings in the southern suburbs, enjoying at least 6 people as follows, as one of the senior leaders is safe despite and attends by israel to assassin. and my calling told mccrae spoke to the farmer is really just as minister you'll see failing, she asked of israel was carrying out a warning civilians to a service. i don't think i mean the embedded in the, in the civilian is society. of course, i mean this is bella to live alone is hostage. i think that they, they the full, i mean, you still have then the others that they,

what can they do against this is about like, is a full but it became the boot country. and they, and this is a strong, they're relatively strong, a military organization, and it is a tragedy. now we have to end the, we have to and it, and we know how to, and so we use, i'm sorry they are you say that the israel is justified in the why that is conducted the strikes over the last few hours. i'm not the military school yesterday and so don't will, will be in the, in which i, if don't to defend key legal civilians. i'm the, i'm not the, i'm most of the i would love to be do is i want to save lives on both sides and, and when i see a victims to begin the games, believe me, my heart is broken. and i believe that they know the way to put that in bowie. and the way to put an employee is to in directly old as a,

put that bobby's around the table and building you agreed in 2, in 2006 to day you'll end resolution 17413, dash 2. we did not implemented as if you filled, if you put man, dig a bit of protest in germany's capital against israel's attacks on loving on gaza. that mister h, as in balin, showing solidarity with the palestinian and lebanese people as israel expands its military operations to calling for an end to the war on both fronts. we are here demonstrating against the violations, being committed by israel towards our people in garza and loveland on and the absence of some error countries. where is united nations, where are the international organizations, the united states and some other countries are supporting this. we are here against the killings and the destruction. our people in both garza and lebanon are being

ethnically cleanse, and no one is helping to gauze and know what is there any strikes of killed that these 10 palestinians in the center of the strip an attack on a home and down by like killed the mother and her 4 children, another 5 people were killed when the school used as a shelter now, and this kind of refugee camp was bone on color, which has moved from northern guys a as a result of the heavy, relentless of tax, the ones i should have one neighborhood, a whole building belonging to the company in a shifter, one neighborhood has just collapsed on rather than so the entire time at least 10 on the wall. the little that the 25 civilian office talk on the, the 100 service events forces which are trying to rush to the people who still drive on some stock. the they've got to find that there is someone who was alive. he said, help me. there's anyone outside and there are trying to rescue him. why? now, as i calculated to see the best job,

this is the level of disruption the as the 7th in schools is all using basic equipment to risk. you all of these beeble cells inside and on the, the level. so as a result of it is a heavy attacks. the buildings and the ground all shaking the buildings all come. c to i wasn't going to new jersey to assess the neighborhood. carla sign was lecturing politician to be elected president in shank as history has been sworn in another comment on this one. and you all k one on saturday with more than 42 percent of the votes, but now fernandez reports from the capital colombo economy for one moment. see the problem with making it official after roll. it goes to campaign to become free lock as president under the commodities, the knock i took the oath of office before the chief justice on monday. the

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says, every citizen has the responsibility to end the cotton crisis and he expects them to fulfill that responsibility to years ago, the presidential secretary of at building was overrun by sherlock and the monitoring system. change today, the man that's promising to bring that change has been thrown in as the 9th executive president of the country with the hopes of a nation on he showed us that fernandez i was just 0, colombo us, prosecutors into challenge of mine with the attempted assassination off to me it was fined hiding with a gun at a golf course near donald trump. 58 year old ryan rufe was arrested with the florida golf course. any of this month will be in order to remain in jail pending his child fill level has the latest. so he's not going to be leaving jail any time before this trial. now prosecute is all going to be pushing for this because they believe this is what the prosecutor setting calls, but they explicitly believe, but i ruth went to this golf course to kill the former president. before we

remember, he was charged with 2 firearms relate to the senses. although we understand that those charges but merely to get them into the system basically to getting behind balls while they continued to search for evidence to push that case. and those charges then will be added onto the assassination attempt if that goes about his post by the grand jury. and the next couple of days as investigate is continue with this. and they laid out all of their evidence that like a state of the judge, this is why he should not be released from jail. and there was a lot of it the may, paul was elected that they alleged ruth roads, which was addressed to the world in which it says that this was an assassination on donald trump. but i filed you and it went on to offer a $150000.00 to anybody who could complete the job. now it is said that this let's, it was one of several that were found in a box that bruce allegedly gay to a witness. months ago, before all of this, the witness didn't look in the box. and so after these events opened, it found these lots along with

a number of cell phones. so i munition various met uh, building materials. a metal pipe next to inside story examines how far is it will go to restrict press freedom after it shuts down all diseases bureau into the robots and stay with us. the of us servicemen and women swear an oath to defend the constitution. but military veterans play a major role in full rank home groups, taking up homes against their own country, january 6th, inspire so many people with advice is a way to change the govern. the 2nd part of a new series, the head of the us, the election examined sophisticated white supremacist. people are trying hurt america and americans against all enemies on how to 0. it boasts about being the only democracy in the middle east. israel is relentlessly cracking down on

press. freedom with the out. is there a network of main targets even is right. the media outlets are complaining about constant censorship. so was israel trying to hide? this is inside story. the hello there on change base is rather is intensifying. it's cranked down on media coverage. events will on casa, and other results. the image is there, a network has, again being targeted this time in the occupied westbank. this office is closed down by armed and mos soldiers, and it's operation suspended for 45 days. the controversial media law passed and april means action can be taken against foreign journalists for allegedly humming israel, security. and it's not just the foreign press that are complaining even is really

media is on the scrutiny and it's coverage on the was had to go through military census. so how far would as well go and restricting press freedom will go in and discuss this with our panel of guests in a moment. but 1st, this report from, for the account force to shut in stores as a tax, and the palestinians and the occupied westbank reached their worst level in years. this raid out a 0 is bureau in ramallah on sunday is the latest in a long history of censorship. and a tax on free pressed by israel. and the year before the war and gas, it began. veteran out to 0 correspondence, sharina acolyte, was shot dead by in his ready sniper or covering a rate in the occupied west bank. and since the october 7th attacked by him, us and launch is real defensive on the gaza strip and occupied westbank journalists have been constantly attacked that same month out the zeros former guys, a bureau chief. well that you lost his wife, teenage son, 7 year old daughter, and grandson too. and his rating strike. in december,

due on his cameraman and summer, about dec. i were injured in a drones. drake is ready for his prevented ambulances and rescue workers from reaching them on summer blood test. weeks later, while daddy's son, how does that was killed by a direct strike on his vehicle for covering and his ready attack on southern gaza? alda 0 is man, i'll go his camera, man, run the rest the were directly targeted, and it is ready, striking july both but wearing their press best. and these are just the attacks on out to 0 more than a 170 journalists and media workers have been killed by his ready forces in gaza. price paid for revealing what is really leaders would rather keep hidden, incidents like this, the killing of 4 apparently on armed men by in his ready drone. this voltage obtained by out is there in march or the scale of the destruction inside or chief of hospital after his ray, the ray that killed hundreds of ta, this jennings. and within israel, censorship is being expanded. in april,

the kinetic passed a law allowing foreign media outlets to be close down if they're considered to pose a security risk. how does the or is operations in israel and occupied easters number forced to shop a month later? any reporting was in israel and bought are considered security issues, must go through and military censor is really monitors, say more than $600.00 articles were censored last year alone. the reporting and so called administrative detention. a system that keeps thousands of palestinians, including children detained without charges, is also heavily restricted. a point illustrated by the higher it's newspaper when it published, censored report, showing blacked, eye redacted text message that the world seizes this. i was petrified, petrified the world will see. not just the consequences of it's terrific actions listening can it does that. but also the very immediate way in which the israeli

occupation she is teetering is also does not have significant control over any of its friends right now. the committee to protect journalist says the war on guys has been the most least or conflict for journalists on record and by country the laws of itself as a beacon of democracy and press freedom. and is now further tightening restrictions on reporting freddie. a car was a 0 for inside story. well that spring, you know a guess today to discuss all of this and we have in ramallah, fatima abdul kind of in a veteran publishing engine. this reporting for the christian science monitor and tele be buttons is a reporter for the independent is writing new site, local coal. i'm plus $97.00 to magazine. i'm in london. funeral o'brien is the u. k . director of reporters without borders. the international campaign to protect freedom of information and independent journalism. thank you for joining us today

on the inside story. let me start with the closure of alger zeros bureau in the westbank for you. i'm not, i'm not followed. of course, i'll just there are being shut down our operations being stopped inside israel. what is your press freedom group? what is your reaction to this as well? obviously, we were really concerned and i told ready to see this this taking place. i should also say that we want shopped exactly because this isn't something that's happened in a vacuum. this is just the latest step in the past and of really aggressive harassment of address ita in particular, but also of journalism and journalists much more widely in gaza in the occupied palestinian territories and in the region. and so yes, we were really horrified to see the events in the, in the office in the west bank, but it hasn't come out of nowhere. it's very much positive thoughts. and or, and why do you think that they decided to do this? now?

they close the 0 offices inside 48 is well, do it very clear that sooner sooner or later there will applied on the, on, on the, on the west bank of the technically has a different lol. i think they did it because of the pressure for right reading groups and the writing activists. and because they're not paying any price for sure . serving within the i was political based insight as well and internationally. it's not causing any problems. and i think they don't want to, they want to extend the ben again and again and to prevent them to 0. and i think we can also, we cannot get disconnected from the increased operation in the west bank in north and west bank in protocol them. janine and other cities and villages, and the fact that the 0 and other journalists are copying there and not being got stuck in there. and israel doesn't want discover to continue this coverage to continue fast of a. is there a concern that in ramallah,

but perhaps that trying to hide something, something that might be coming soon because we've already seen the biggest rage in the west bank since october the 7th of this month. people consent to i think the concern is amongst journalists, but also amongst the population. this is a stuff up from what we have seen over past years since the, the, the closure of palestine television in east jerusalem 4 years ago. and on the words, the targeted a harassment of journalist that has reached the brazen atrocities across the west bank. so people are definitely concerned, but this is not just a concealing reality or trying to present the coverage. this is also a step off that might reach further influential coverage and media outlets to

present in the palestinian narrative from be incurred and staying with you. first of all, what does it say about the state of the westbank right now? because under the also level codes and the 1990 is, there's supposed to be a policy and you know, sort of a, that has all authority, certainly in what's known as area a. this was area a, does this just not prove now, but that really is total occupation and apartheid and in the west bank. this is definitely a situation in which we can see clearly that the is riley military jurisdiction, can reach anywhere into any house, into an office and into any life in the west bank. we have seen this in separate kind of sitting in villages a cities and refugee camps as are noted. the situation in the north has been in dire and extremely violent, especially towards not just the civilian population. not only that,

the refugees inside the refugee camps that are being severely hit, but also the journalist that are covering their we've seen videos of bulldozers running after and trying to harass the reporters. a on on camera with their mikes, with their helmets. some flak jackets clearly signed as press, we have seen soldiers and military vehicles trying to, uh, harass and a front and obviously internal as local reporters in those areas. so there's clearly something that is on a psychological level. also trying to target the palestinians and the policy and local reporters, especially inside inside the west bank. think it's very important to note that it's not just about the brazen atrocities that we have seen over the years, including

a span, surely the, the 10 in golf. i would love a legendary, a colleague, a city of auckland, as well as yes and what's the and garza and the one that i'm not leaving most as i am in addition to what, what we are seeing in, in gaza from prevention of journalists to cover and to work in, in a, during the war and prevention of foreign journalists to, from entering a garza and from doing their work. there is a complete crackdown on journalist now in the west bank. and this has taken a step up by closing a eh, and a such and influential tv station, a media outlet that has been informing palestinians on the world about what is happening in the west bank. feeling that perhaps we should of this point look at

the, the legal aspect of it because journalist us specifically covered as i understand it on the article $79.00 of the additional protocol. one of the geneva conventions said it's this is an international law, but jealous should be allowed to go about that business and not be attacked that, sorry, that's not a good thing. i've done this in a context and is a little crime. i think i'm a spokesman, so the referred to the what's happens to us as either now has to be seen in the context of a whole raft of meshes. the israel has been taking again, it's done list journalism since october last year. and we've seen the killing of done this. we've seen the attacks on media outlets. we've seen imprisonments. we've seen harassments have done this. we've seen a bond on international janice, being able to access gaza to report on what's going on. we've seen the use of, you know, the introduction of laws which the end of the sense of being done this. all of these things are about controlling the narrative about stuffing stories from

getting out that the i'm on. yes, to opposite the right the it seems that in these target things, more crimes have been committed or assessed. we've submitted 3 complaints to the international criminal court since october last year detailing cases of john of this to we believe we have reason, reasonable evidence to suggest that the targeting of them was a little crime on. busy the brand statute, and we are documenting more cases all the time. so what's happening is on a scale that we've not seen before, what's happening is spreading. you've heard about the escalation now in the west bank. what's happening is a really deliberate concert at a time to control the narrative and to stop doing this during that very important job and will 5 which is to document what's happening. but for, you know, that seems to be in tennessee, doesn't that here. i mean, you just had faxed them, it took about a colleague shooting blacklist that was back in 2022 when she was shot dead. clearly identified, wearing a press vest. and yes that was,

she was an american citizen as well. and there was a little bit of criticism coming from the u. s. and yet nothing has been done. yes, absolutely. i start to by saying that, what happened is we kind of housing come out of nowhere. i just mentioned the, our site has filed 3 complaints to meet international criminal court since october last year. but that wasn't the 1st time we felt complaints to the international criminal court about as well as targeting. have done this. we filed a complaint in 2018. another in 2021 about sniper attacks on john this about the targeting of media outlets. and then we supported our associate as complaint to the i. c. c in 2022. regarding. busy targeting or shooting, i'm okay. and as you say, even in cases selection in as well as the, is there any ministry accepts responsibilities with such an extent in that case apologize even for cutting? hi, there were no repercussions. there is absolutely some unity out of that sort of circumstance

of immunity. if there is no, if there are no consequences, the ministry is unable to keep on. doing not israel is unable to keep on targeting john lis without the ends. and the culture of immunity is deep to worrying and has to change that all who chronic pain commits is on its for international legal institutions to step in and hold those responsible to account for you. i know you're a former reporter, but for us about an hour in coming reporters in the region. i faxed them, of course it lives in the west bank or in goes that on his reporting duties. so i'd like to ask the 2 of you what, what, what is like actually working, what the difficulties are you going through check points. you're dealing with these really military also dealing with set close. why know a sometimes violent or just give us an idea when you were assessing out from tel aviv and heading into the west bank. well, you will thinking about what your preparations are and how, what you are and what you fear you might encounter. of course is during the cold

side easily id have the privilege, not like my part of getting the colleagues to move in the most parts of it the territories. and even if i get detained or stopped, i won't be dead in the military process like police can internalize that many of them were arrested in the 10 to pets, and some of them are still hadn't admitted to detention. nowadays, i think it's in general, every time we cover events in occupied easters and in the west bank, there's no single event that involves the easily forces that there's no fun violation of freedom of bread. something it can be very small things quote unquote, like just preventing us to get to a c no 5 dock or 2 to an area of course that to a set to month. and many times it can be bigger things during the process or classes can be targeting of during the shooting deal with the rubber consultant bullets and even a live emission. specifically, a group of journalists mainly for insurance, but also few international and,

and he's ready to join them. and this is despite the old ways we are marked we suppressed with the elements we the best. and it's a long policy we've seen for i've been a journalist for 2 decades. i've seen it since day one in the process, the against the war like covered 20 years ago. and since then the army doesn't recognize the freedom of press when it comes to policy. is that in general when it comes to the west, westbank and is truth and they don't think their duty to protect attorneys and the opposite to many times. this being their days to prevent a free coverage and to disturb it to. so i mean, i'd like to ask you 1st about how things perhaps have changed since october the 7th, because i've done quite a few assignments to the region into the west bank in the past, including the 2nd intifada. and yes, you will often treated pretty harshly, but normally a press called and wearing

a press invest in the end you could get out of trouble. but you just look at the incident in the beginning of this month when a 26 year old took history, american women was killed that using life fall. now, when there is no life fight against them. again, it's the question of impunity with no. impunity of violence has been spiraling up. it's part of the larger context in which palestinians are deprived from all over there. right. we're talking about right of free movement as journalist as palestinians are the most local journalists, we are subject to living in the west bank as well as in gaza, but also in the west bank. and in the past 1718 years. we are a, we have seen the past 17 or 18 years in which i has been working. as a journalist, i have seen how and there is no recognition of the policy in journalist

or the right to a free coverage or free speech. people are now being arrested for facebook posts and just ideas. those sentences that can be interpreted as they wish under is really laws. and this means that palestinians who are subject to military law in the west bank cannot be differentiate. this cannot be seen as real journalists are recognized as such. therefore, we don't have any freedom of movement to begin with when we don't have freedom of speech to begin with. and we don't, don't have a rice and we're not treated as journalists, therefore, anything else. stuff comes afterwards with our protective gear, with our identification, the, the, the training that we, we get as they can grow the safest possible positions is not tend

think because this, this, impunity is allowing these rarely soldiers to spin key target the palestinians. this is what it's like for it becomes like the camera or the microphone or just the press a jacket is a code for harassment rather than a one for respect or stuff. think some boundaries. and for me personally, i have seen those instead, you with ways in which i was treated, i'm on check points going through a maze of, of these check points that are, i'll send you milly, 18 and very violent as the payment for our hours. uh, it is a firing to your guys and a light rounds, as well. as you mentioned towards journalist specifically we try to come up with our own ways of dealing with, with the these situations by clustering, for example,

around each other. and in order to stay safe and in order to be recognized. but this even is not helping. so without impunity. and without recognizing palestinian journalist, local journalist, the journalist as their peers, from israel and around the world, there would be no way that this for a freedom of press to under this occupation to continue or to flourish, or to see a free coverage. okay. um so you know, if we look at the desktop in gaza, it's unprecedented if it's in the last year 202375 percent of the just killed in the entire world. died in gauze or, and of course, doing this of continued to die in large numbers since january. um, already the prosecutor, the international criminal court cream con,

has brought some charges or wants to bring some charges. the court must decide arrest warrants for is riley leaders. do you think that specific offenses for killing sion this should be added? yeah, we very much too, and we have huts and we've been asking for this for quite a long time. i'd have had confirmation from the prosecutor cream con, that done this specific keeping included in his investigation into what's happening in palestine, which is encouraging. but it's really important that that's followed through gentleness. i think it's really important to make the appointment. so can you hear about freedom of the price, but we need to think about why it says this isn't about protecting janice for the sake of protecting janice douglas on. you know, a, the life of a, john, this isn't more valuable than the life of any of the civilian. but john, this have a very important role to play in conflicts. the reason, but as well as targeting john, that's the reason the israel is stuffing international to unless from accessing cause. the reason as well as targeting media outlets and putting john, listen,

child and harassing john let to and listen to. one of the things which we've been talking about is so that it can control the narrative, installed reports and getting out since the world start people knowing exactly what's going to be happening, what's been happening and what, what is continuing to happen on the grounds in gaza. and beyond the done this coding cause is absolutely horrifying, at least a 100. and so i teach on this have been killed since last october. and i see say that number continues to rise. and from all, i'm quite substantial. some investigations are assess with this. i'm in the, at least the see one of those seems to have been targeted because that jenna, this are not just a bit of a co op in the around us, you know, sort of broad forming of civilians. but that they were talking to the either a well out working or specifically attack because of the edge of this. and so the, when they would load it and if in fact oregon we have reasonable, we have reasonable grounds to think. so in the cold. yeah, i see to, to do is send him an independent investigation. john is beyond, it says the aim is to make sure the will doesn't see what's going on or is re

leasing what's going on. and if not, it's not because of self self censorship by these writing media, or is that a fair degree of military sense to ship to getting on? so that's a good question. there is a military censorship in israel, but the vast majority of censorship instead of censorship by these are the major media that decided many years ago. but these increased instruct over transcends or, and just to show that you studied probably what's happening guys of course he's wet of media like other media. and so we cannot access independently in regard to just on the embed, but they can show. so for me to put this, they can speak to people on the phone, they can use the agencies. ok, but they choose not to do it. and i think this is why they have a huge part in the fact that the easily society didn't or it's on what's happening in the gaza. i could say that the average weight for you are in the u. s. or in europe watches made through media, even writing major media would know more about what's happening. yes. and then the

average is rarely. and this is why the public, the general public was the cost. we surprised with the sanctions. we've seen it regarding the west bank with the open in the investigation by and didn't ask international court by the process across the campuses into us. because at least in the 1st month, the easily media was complete. the recruited to the where the war effort and didn't show anything from the horrific situation does the beginning of the video and the destruction starvation and so on. so i said okay, so it's the human story is not getting out in israel. fatima if it come to you, um, in terms of international coverage, people are watching out, is it right here we cover this in depths, but there is a fair bit of criticism that israel has been putting pressure on editors complaining, complaining about anti semitism, which has resulted particularly in the us in that israel, tainted coverage coverage. that is not a fat. where is facts that come from these?

right? the middle tree. oh sorry, information that comes from these regiments trace traces. it's packed well the information for palestinian sources is treated as suspect. we do share about that view. what i would like to say is that at the results of the systemic harassment of palestinian turned the list from local journalists and influential media outlets become a main reason for a censorship. for are also controlling and limited inc restricting the ability of palestinian turned loose to report. therefore the voice and the reduction of the control over at this narrative. on the other hand, this and the prevention of access into cause a for example, and not allowing foreign journalists to enter the westman court to be given visas for example. this is also another big issue that a lot of um for in a media is,

is suffering from. this is all leading to more reliability on official sources in the case of the p a. and we don't see much presence in the case of the local authorities, we are not seeing much presence and lack of scope. the people is also affecting this. therefore this void is being filled by is really uh officials um is radio authorities. this is indeed affecting a lot of the ability of journalists to hear, to see, to smell, to live the reality in, in dangerous situations. but also a, but also the, in their ability to actually get access to information. that's, that's one of the main issues here to death is

a lot that is seriously restricting the ability of, of the palestinian story and the palestinian narrative to come out full. of course john is continue to report on this, including, and we think about doing this right now, reporting from lebanon science tool, i guess today, a fatima abdul karim organs. if i'm feeling abroad, keep watching out as ever for coverage of what are clearly false moving developments in the region. and you can find detailed analysis on ouch is over. don't com. and remember, we'd like to hear from you to post your comments on our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha, inside story on x. find is at a j inside story for me, james, based on the team here in bo. huh. please stay safe and well by some of the the

last week we feel very heavy rain cause devastating funding across the central parts of your balance. fortunately, after a dry few days, we are going see the return of a west. so whether yes, that area of cloud is a slow moving weather system is going to bring very heavy rain once again to germany. the check or pop republic slovakia. drenching pot to the balkans as well. so pays back out bay area and grease seen some very heavy rain in the days ahead and it is a bit of a wash shot for western parts of europe. over the next few days, we'll see some very heavy rain pulling to northern parts of portugal as well. some heavier rain as well for northern parts of scott number that is looking dryer for southern england and wales from a choose day. the heavy rain continues to fall across scan today the on wednesday, new ways likely to see some wintry weather as well for heavy rain, for northern parts of sweden. and you can see more rain pulling into pots,

fronds. we are likely to see some flooding from that, so it's going to get much cooler with that down whether accost weston areas, but we will still see dry skies with lots of heat across the east, with 30 degrees in bucharest, and athens by wednesday. it is really forces seek to silence the truth. cindy occupied, westbank storming and shutting down houses. here was bureau and romano. the truth must be protected and hurt and the stories of real people must be told. this is not just that a task on journalism. it's an attack on the world's right to know. journalism is not, of course, or pressing it the same. what has happened to guys? since october 7 has been breaking. i'm so ashamed. i'm so ashamed because it's being done in my name,

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