Hostage families hold protests as Israel says Gaza hospital strike deaths ‘tragic mishap’ – live updates
Israel’s right-wing media regularly portray Gaza journalists as ‘terrorists’published at 19:06 British Summer Time 25 August
Shaina Oppenheimer
BBC Monitoring Israel specialist
Throughout the Gaza war, most key Israeli media outlets have questioned the independence of journalists in Gaza, at times dubbing them “terrorists” in the face of international criticism of Israel’s killing of media workers.
Mainstream and right-wing Israeli media have long echoed official government and army lines, the notable exception being the left-leaning newspaper Haaretz.
While the Israeli army has ordered an initial inquiry into today’s strike, the right-wing Channel 14 has already portrayed those killed as “terrorists disguised as journalists”.
Channel 14, which is known for its favourable coverage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is reported to be Israel’s second most-watched TV channel.
Today, it has asserted that the back-to-back Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital were an attack on “targets of the murderous Hamas terrorist organisation in Khan Younis”.
It claimed the attacks had “killed more than 10 terrorists, including activists who carried out propaganda and endangered the lives of civilians” – although the army has not yet presented evidence to back this claim.
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