Never?
But if they are really Islamic terrorists dabbling as journalists all bets are off.
In that case it’s open season.
Israeli Strike Kills Al Jazeera Journalists Near Slain Hamas Leader’s Home In Gaza
An Israeli air strike near Ismail Haniyeh’s home in Gaza killed two Al Jazeera journalists who were reporting on the Hamas leader’s assassination in Iran.
Ismail al-Ghoul, a journalist for Al Jazeera Arabic, and cameraman Rami al-Refee were killed in the strike near the Aidia area west of Gaza City, the Qatar-based broadcaster reported.
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“It is with a heavy heart that we mourn the loss of our colleague journalist, Ismail Al-Ghoul, who was killed in an Israeli air strike while courageously covering the events in northern Gaza,” Al Jazeera Managing Editor Mohamed Moawad wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Without Ismail, the world would not have seen the devastating images of these massacres,” he wrote, adding that he “relentlessly covered the events and delivered the reality of Gaza to the world through Al Jazeera”.
“His voice has now been silenced, and there is no longer a need to call out to the world. Ismail fulfilled his mission to his people and his homeland. Shame on those who have failed the civilians, journalists and humanity.”
According to the network, Ghoul and Refee were wearing blue press vests when they were killed and there were identifying signs on their car when they were attacked.
There was no immediate comment from Israel, which has previously denied targeting journalists in its 10-month war on Gaza, which has reportedly killed at least 39,445 people, the vast majority of whom were children and women – according to Gaza health sources.
‘It’s a thunderbolt,’ say Palestinians of Hamas chief’s killing
UPDATE: SHOCK AFTER HAMAS CHIEF KILLED IN IRAN…
…GAZANS ACCUSES TEHRAN: YOU SOLD US OUT TO ISRAEL!
The killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in an air strike in Tehran Wednesday came as a “thunderbolt” to war-weary Gazans, with some expressing disappointment Iran was unable to “protect him”.
“This news is like a thunderbolt, something unbelievable,” said Wael Qudayh, 35, a resident of the central city of Deir al-Balah.
On Wednesday, Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that Haniyeh had been killed in Tehran in an Israeli air strike.
He was in the Iranian capital to attend the swearing-in on Tuesday of President Masoud Pezeshkian.
“Qatar was able to protect Haniyeh for 10 months, but Iran was unable to protect him even for a few hours,” said Youssef Saeed, 40, also a resident of Deir el-Balah.
In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Hossam Abdel Razek, 45, an employee in a private institution in Ramallah, said Haniyeh’s killing showed that the “blood of Palestinians is cheap”.
“The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran proves that we, the Palestinian people, have no protector, that our blood is cheap, and that the Arab and Islamic nation sold us out to America and Israel,” he said.
Sami Naem told AFP in Deir al-Balah that the assassination “will affect the negotiations” for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
“Ismail Haniyeh is a politician who has his say over all the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip”, Naem said.
Rami Youssef disagreed, saying the Hamas leader’s killing might even hasten the end of the war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “was under pressure from America to end the war but he wants an achievement … and he believes that Haniyeh is a great achievement,” Youssef said.
‘Martyrdom’
Palestinian factions called for a general strike and marches across the West Bank on Wednesday to protest the killing of Haniyeh.
AFP journalists in Ramallah witnessed employees leaving government buildings in response to the strike call, as well as hundreds of people marching with flags through the city’s streets.
Several Palestinians in the Gaza Strip said Haniyeh had achieved “martyrdom” because of the way he was killed.
“This is what every Palestinian hopes for… to obtain martyrdom while defending his land, his people and its sanctities,” said Muhammad Farwana, 38, from the southern city of Khan Yunis, where Israeli troops ended a major ground assault this week that displaced tens of thousands of people.
“Haniyeh was someone who gave away his children and grandchildren on the same path.”
In June, 10 family members of Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Al-Shati refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
In April, Haniyeh lost three sons and four grandchildren in an Israeli strike in central Gaza, with the Israeli military accusing them of “terrorist activities”.
Haniyeh said at the time that about 60 members of his family had been killed since the war broke out on October 7.
His daughter Sara Ismail Haniyeh mourned his death in a post on X, praising a man “loved by everyone”.
The war began after an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,197 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
Israel’s retaliatory campaign against Hamas has killed at least 39,445 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-ruled territory’s health ministry, which does not provide details of civilian and militant deaths.