By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
SvennoJ on 26 August 2025
Edit Thread

Israeli ex-Defense Minister Lieberman defiant over Nasser Hospital attacks

Former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said Israel has no need to apologise for the Nasser Hospital attacks yesterday that killed 21 people, including journalists, medics and rescue workers.

“We do not need to apologise, but to call out the world’s hypocrisy,” he said, suggesting the attack could have been justified because journalists and medical staff have been used as “human shields”.

The hospital attack, which even PM Netanyahu expressed regret for, has been roundly condemned by rights groups and numerous foreign governments.

Human shield for what? They haven't even named a target and there is still zero evidence of Hamas using human shields. All the counter attacks guerilla fighters are carrying out are ambushes against tanks mostly. 
The only proven use of human shields is by the IDF, "mosquito protocol".


Reuters contributor accuses agency of ‘abandoning’ Palestinian journalists

Canadian photojournalist Valerie Zink has announced she is severing ties with the Reuters news agency after eight years as a stringer, saying she can no longer continue in her role given the agency’s “role in justifying and enabling the systematic assassination of 245 journalists in Gaza”.

In a post on X, Zink criticised Reuters’ coverage of the killing of Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif, a member of a Pulitzer Prize–winning Reuters team in 2024. She said the outlet repeated “baseless” Israeli claims about him, putting his life and those of other journalists at risk.

“Reuters’ willingness to perpetuate Israel’s propaganda has not spared their own reporters from Israel’s genocide,” she added, noting that a Reuters cameraman was among five journalists killed in the Nasser Hospital attack yesterday.

“I have valued the work that I brought to Reuters over the past eight years, but at this point I can’t conceive of wearing this press pass with anything but deep shame and grief,” she said.

“I don’t know what it means to begin to honour the courage and sacrifice of journalists in Gaza – the bravest and best to ever live – but going forward I will direct whatever contributions I have to offer with that front of mind,” she added.