The investigation published on Wednesday, which revealed that photographers working for the world's largest media outlets accompanied Hamas terrorists on Black Saturday and documented the massacre in the surrounding communities without saying a word, continues to stir up a storm.
The National Information Directorate in the Prime Minister's Office demanded on Thursday that immediate action be taken regarding "photographers in the service of Hamas."
In a letter sent to the heads of the major communications systems, the Prime Minister's Office asked for clarification.
"The National Information Directorate in the Prime Minister's Office views with great severity the phenomenon of photojournalists working with international media joining the coverage of the brutal massacres of Hamas terrorists on Saturday, October 7, 10 in the communities near the Gaza Strip," the angry letter reads.
These media personnel are accomplices to crimes against humanity.
This is a violation of the rules of professional ethics.
Minister Benny Gantz was the first member of the government to respond to the affair, tweeting: "If there were journalists who knew about the massacre, who kept silent and filmed while children were slaughtered - they are no different from the terrorists and their sentence is the same."
If there were journalists who knew about the massacre, who kept silent and filmed while children were slaughtered, they are no different from the terrorists, and their sentence is the same.
— Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) November 9, 2023
He was joined by MK Avigdor Lieberman, who wrote: "The photographers and their employers are partners in the massacre on Black Saturday, everyone bears the blame. Everyone should be prosecuted."
The photographers and their employers are complicit in the Black Saturday massacre, all of whom bear the blame. Everyone should be prosecuted. @CNN @nytimes @Reuters
— Avigdor Lieberman (@AvigdorLiberman) November 9, 2023
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