THREAD This Sunday, we formally seized the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, about the bombing of local and international media installations and equipment in #Gaza since May 11, which we consider to be war crimes. rsf.org/en/news/rsf-as… 
What the Israeli army asserts, namely that the alleged presence of Hamas in the buildings would make them legitimate military objectives is absolutely false from a legal point of view, since they also house civilians, such as the media. #GazaUnderAttack
Even assuming that the Israeli fire was necessary (which is absolutely not proven), the total destruction of the buildings demonstrates that the principles of distinction and proportionality have been flagrantly violated.
RSF asked the prosecutor to also include recent events in the investigation into the situation in Palestine that she opened on March 3, 2021.
RSF had already seized the court in 2018 at the time of the so-called March of the return, in which the Israeli army targeted dozens of Palestinian journalists, killing 2 and injuring 18. rsf.org/en/news/rsf-as…
As we wrote to the prosecutor, "the recurrence of such events gives credence to a persistent intention to reach the journalistic community and to reduce if not neutralize its ability to inform the public."
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