A Lebanese anchorwoman on Al Jazeera condemned the ongoing Israeli occupation’s targeting of journalists in the Gaza Strip, describing it as “sadism and killing for pleasure,” not merely suppression of the truth or silencing the Palestinian voice.

In a harsh statement posted on X, Ghada Owais wrote: “This is no longer killing information.. this is sadism and killing for pleasure.”

She added: “Even if the flow of information from Gaza stops now due to Israel’s assassination of journalists and its Holocaust to burn every journalist, there are volumes of documented evidence enough to condemn it until the Day of Judgment!”

The well-known presenter, who continuously defends journalists’ rights and media freedom, said: “This monstrous entity is sick to the core!”

Owais’s post came following medical sources in Khan Younis announcing on Monday, August 25, 2025, the martyrdom of four journalists in a brutal Zionist bombing targeting the Nasser Medical Complex: Mohammad Salama, Hossam Al-Masri, Mariam Abu Daqa, and Moaz Abu Taha.

Amid escalating violence, the Palestinian journalist has shifted from being a mere reporter to a witness and martyr, making journalism in Gaza one of the most dangerous professions worldwide.

Nevertheless, dozens of journalists continue to document events with audio and video, confronting a military machine trying to erase every trace of the Palestinian narrative.

Since the start of the Zionist aggression on Gaza on October 7, 2023, more than 140 Palestinian journalists have been martyred, the highest toll in decades of attacks on media, according to reports from international organizations such as Reporters Without Borders and the International Federation of Journalists.

Documentation shows most of these journalists were targeted despite wearing vests marked “Press,” with some killed inside their homes or while performing their professional duties covering massacres.

Owais has always emphasized that the occupation will not succeed in erasing the truth, saying: “The journalist may be assassinated, but the camera that documented, the voice that was broadcast, and the image that spread remain witnesses forever.”

Despite the rising crimes against media personnel, the international community remains suspiciously silent, with no real accountability or serious investigations into these violations, which are classified under international law as war crimes.

Article 79 of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions mandates protection for civilian journalists working in conflict zones, yet this provision remains unimplemented on the ground in the Palestinian case.

Ghada Owais’s statements are not merely emotional but reflect a reality documented by blood and numbers. In Gaza, journalism is no longer just the fourth estate but the last line of defense for the truth against a regime seeking to conceal information and erase those who carry it.