World media professionals demand the protection of journalists in Gaza. The number of victims of the Israeli aggression on the Strip has risen to 122.

The signatories include The New York Times, Associated Press, and Haaretz. The letter stated that journalists are civilians and the Israeli government must protect them as non-combatants. The British Financial Times considered that the number of media workers killed in the Gaza war is more than any other country in one year, considering deliberately targeting journalists a “war crime”