The Israeli occupation assassinates the journalist Wafaa Al-Adini by targeting her home in Gaza

The Israeli occupation forces assassinated, at dawn on Monday, the journalist and international media activist Wafaa Al-Adini, following an Israeli bombing of her home in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli bombing of Al-Adini's house also led to the martyrdom of her husband, Munir Atiya Darwish Al-Adini, and their two children, Tamim and Balsam.

The Palestinian Media Forum said that the occupation forces assassinated journalist Wafaa Al-Adini, a prominent activist in conveying the Palestinian narrative to foreign media, as a result of a treacherous Israeli bombardment of their home in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

The Media Forum confirmed that Wafaa Al-Adini devoted her life and efforts to conveying the suffering of her oppressed people through international media through a series of articles in English, dialogues with foreign activists, electronic conferences, photo exhibitions, and short film competitions in English.

The Palestinian Center for the Protection of Journalists condemned the assassination of Al-Adini, stressing that "the ongoing crimes against Palestinian journalists are the result of a decision taken at the highest level of the Israeli occupation with the aim of concealing the facts and preventing the exposure of the massacres it is committing against civilians."

Media figure Wafaa Al-Adini

The assassination of Al-Adini at dawn on Monday sparked widespread interaction across platforms, while bloggers considered it a "deliberate targeting to silence her voice."

Activists and bloggers interacted on social media, as blogger Khaled Safi tweeted via X, saying, “The martyrdom of journalist Wafaa Al-Adini, who was distinguished by her interaction with the Western media and conveying the Palestinian narrative through foreign media... The occupation targeted her in a raid on the central region, bringing the number of martyred journalists to 175.”

Journalist Ismail Farhat commented, saying, “Wafaa Al-Adini, the fellow journalist, had an unbreakable spirit. She raced against time with determination that knew no retreat. She carried the voice of Palestine and the wounds of Gaza to the Western world, to be a witness to the pain and a voice for the truth in the darkest of circumstances.”

Blogger Christian tweeted: “Is there ever a greater betrayal of colleagues in history than the one we are witnessing from journalists in the West towards the Palestinians? Israel has violated all the laws of war, including targeted killings of journalists on an unprecedented scale.”

"No country in the world has attacked, targeted or killed as many journalists as Israel has in the past year. Simply because journalists expose their atrocities and massacres and report on ethnic cleansing. Justice for journalists now," Nikic tweeted.

Number of martyred journalists in Gaza

16 Palestinians were killed and others were injured on Sunday evening and Monday morning, as a result of scattered Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip.

The government media office in the Gaza Strip said that the number of journalist martyrs in the Strip rose to 174, after the assassination of journalist Wafaa Ali Al-Adini.

The Government Media Office condemned in the strongest terms the targeting and killing of Palestinian journalists by the occupation forces, as part of the ongoing Israeli war since October 7, 2023, after the martyrdom of journalist Wafaa Al-Adini.

The office called on the international community and relevant international organizations to intervene to deter the occupation and prosecute it in international courts.

With American support, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, leaving more than 137,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and deadly famine.

In contempt of the international community, Israel continues the war, ignoring the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate halt, and the International Court of Justice’s orders to take measures to prevent genocide and improve the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza.

(Al Jazeera)