"Anas Ghunaim, Abdul Ra'ouf and Shaath Mohammad Qeshta were documenting developments on the ground in central Gaza near the so-called Netzarim Corridor when they were hit in an Israeli strike, colleagues and medical officials told Al Jazeera. A fourth person was also killed in the attack, an Al Jazeera team on the ground reported. Video footage circulating online showed their charred, bombed-out vehicle by the roadside, smoke still rising from the wreckage."
"Mohammed Mansour, the committee's spokesman, told The Associated Press news agency that the journalists were filming a newly established displacement camp. He said the strike occurred about 5km (3 miles) from Israeli-controlled territory and that the vehicle was known to the Israeli military as belonging to the Egyptian committee. Israeli Army Radio, citing an Israeli security source, said that the Israeli Air Force had targeted a vehicle in central Gaza, claiming that its occupants were using a drone to collect intelligence on army forces."
Eleven Palestinians, including three journalists and two children, were killed in Israeli strikes and shootings across Gaza. The three photojournalists—Anas Ghunaim, Abdul Ra'ouf and Shaath Mohammad Qeshta—worked for the Egyptian Committee for Gaza Relief and were documenting a newly established displacement camp near the Netzarim Corridor when their vehicle was struck. Video showed their charred, bombed-out vehicle by the roadside. The committee said the vehicle was known to the Israeli military and the strike occurred about 5km from Israeli-controlled territory, while Israeli sources claimed the occupants were using a drone. Additional victims included a family of three in eastern Deir el-Balah and a 13-year-old shot in southern Gaza.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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