The Association stated, “This war crime, conducted with full knowledge of the journalists’ location, seriously violates International Humanitarian Law and UN Resolution 2222 on the protection of journalists in armed conflict.”

Israel launched, over the weekend, a precision strike on the reporters’ tent, located next to Al Shifa Hospital, killing five employees of the Qatari network Al Jazeera and one of the Palestinian media outlets.

In a public letter sent to Chilean Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren, the College of Journalists denounces Tel Aviv’s ongoing attacks to silence voices documenting the devastation and human rights violations in Palestinian territory.

We hope, through this letter, you can express to the Israeli Embassy in Chile our condemnation of the acts of violence against journalists and media workers, the letter states.

The Chilean Journalists’ Association expressed its solidarity with the families of the murdered colleagues and, in particular, with the Al Jazeera team, a repeated target of harassment by the Israeli authorities.

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