Journalist killed in Israeli airstrike – DW – 04/07/2025

French President Emmanuel Macron said the Palestinian militant group Hamas should have no role in governing the Gaza Strip after the end of the war with Israel.

According to Macron, the Palestinian Authority should lead the enclave’s post-war governance, with Hamas posing no threat to Israel anymore.

During his visit to Cairo, Macron hailed Egypt for the country’s “crucial work” on the Gaza Strip’s reconstruction plan, while also adding that both countries “condemn the resumption of Israeli strikes on the war-ridden territory.”

Both the French leader and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, called for an immediate return to the ceasefire agreement, which also includes the resumption of aid entering Gaza, while rejecting US President Donald Trump’s plan of resettling Gaza’s population.

Two people were killed overnight as an Israeli airstrike struck a tent used by journalists in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis outside the Nasser hospital and wounding six other journalists.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the target was Hassan Abdel Fattah Mohammed Aslih, whom they identify as a “Hamas terrorist.” According to the IDF, Aslih participatedin Hamas’ October 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel in which some 1,200 people were killed.

Aslih “operates under the guise of a journalist and owns a press company,” the IDF said. According to a statement by the Nasser hospital, Aslih was among the six journalists injured in the Israeli strike.

Yousef al-Faqawi, a reporter for the Palestine Today news website, was killed.

The Palestinian Journalists Protection Center (PJPC) condemned the attack, saying “the deliberate targeting of journalists constitutes a war crime.”

Israelhas repeatedly accused journalists in Gazaof working with Islamist militant group Hamas.