PALESTINE – The total number of journalists killed in Gaza war have risen to 232 since October 2023 according to a statement by the Palestinian government media office.

“The number of journalists killed has now reached 232 since the beginning of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, following the killing of journalist Adam Abu Harbid,” it said.

Abu Harbid worked with multiple media outlets as a photojournalist, it added.

The media office strongly condemned Israel’s systematic targeting of journalists in Gaza and called on the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union and media organizations worldwide to denounce the attacks.

“We hold the Israeli occupation, the US administration and countries complicit in the genocide such as the UK, Germany and France fully responsible for these heinous and brutal crimes,” it said.

Abu Harbid was killed along with three relatives in an Israeli helicopter strike that hit a tent near the Al-Yarmouk market in Gaza City, medical sources told Anadolu. His wife and children were also wounded in the attack.

Israel has killed more than 59,500 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in the Gaza Strip since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, collapsed the health system and led to severe food shortages.