the is incumbent on me to be faithful to the blood of my wife, the partner of my life, and my son, who had to play the role of father and older brother. my son mahmoud, who was attending an american school and preparing to be a journalist who speaks english. and jim, who was the apple of my eye. the flower of my household. she entered school, and my grandson, who is not more than six months, and 14 members of my family. my cousins who died at the same time. all of this made it incumbent on me to be faithful to them when their blood was because they made the sacrifice. for all these reasons, i cannot continue. a record number of journalists have died in this conflict. more journalist have been killed in the first ten weeks of the israel gaza war thin have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year. according to cpj. as of yesterday, 82 journalists and media workers have been killed since the war began on october 7th. that is according to cpj as
hamas is the deadliest in modern history for journalist, according to the committee to protect journalists. joining me now are two of the previous journalists i know. he is an independent journalist and the founder of the block diplomats official youtube channel, and block diplomats substack newsletter. karen elias, an award-winning columnist for the washington post. she was also jamal coaches editor at the washington post until he was killed by agents of the saudi government at the consulate and is temple. welcome to both of. you thank you for being here. tara, you and terrell, and others, have been pointed out to us for some time that for some reason, the world s quieter about this. journalist themselves, in many cases, are quieter about the deaths of our colleagues in palestine, in gaza, then we perhaps otherwise would be.
A Palestinian photojournalist along with a number of family members has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in the besieged Gaza Strip