“Unprecedented: British Journalist Denounces Israel’s Systematic Targeting of Media in Gaza”
In an exclusive IRNA interview, war correspondent Johnny Miller warns that the scale and intent behind journalist fatalities in Gaza marks a chilling new chapter—one that history has yet to parallel.
Tehran, PUREWILAYAH.COM – British war correspondent Johnny Miller has condemned the killing of journalists in Gaza as “unprecedented in human history,” warning that Israel’s actions represent a deliberate campaign to silence the press.
Speaking exclusively to IRNA following a deadly strike on a journalists’ tent in Gaza City—which killed at least five reporters, including Al Jazeera’s Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh—Miller said the deaths were not accidental.
“I have never witnessed anything like this before,” he said. “The scale of the killing of journalists is unprecedented in human history.”
Miller accused Israeli forces of treating journalists as “enemy combatants” in an effort to suppress coverage of the war, calling the policy a clear violation of international law.
Call for Action
Miller urged a global boycott of Israel, describing its government as “an extremist cult” resistant to reason or appeals to morality. He stressed that the only effective response is collective political and economic pressure.
Gaza’s Government Information Office reports that at least 237 journalists have been killed since October 2023—making this the deadliest period for media workers on record.
Global Concern
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and other watchdogs have documented similar figures, warning of an alarming pattern in which reporters are systematically targeted. The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, has also accused Israel of intentionally killing journalists to conceal evidence of war crimes.
Editorials in international outlets, including The Guardian, have described the deaths as part of a wider strategy to “wipe out the witnesses” to events in Gaza.
A Press Under Fire
Miller’s warning adds to growing calls for urgent international intervention to protect journalists in conflict zones.
“These killings are not just an attack on individuals—they are an attack on truth itself,” he said.
Whether this moment will be recorded as truly unprecedented, historians will decide. But for now, the numbers, testimonies, and the visible pattern on the ground tell a story the world cannot ignore. (PW)
Source: IRNA