Tuesday, April 9, 2024

UN raps regime for barring journalists from Gaza as 'facts obscured'

from Press TV

The United Nation chief has criticized Israel for denying international journalists' entry into the war-torn Gaza Strip, warning that the decision could add to the trauma of the war.

Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called the barring of the journalists an action which enables “disinformation and false narratives to flourish.”

“Denying international journalists entry into Gaza is allowing disinformation and false narratives to flourish,” Guterres said in a post on X.

He made the remarks a day after the Foreign Press Association, an organization representing journalists working in Gaza, reported that Israel continues to prevent international reporters from entering the war-torn area.

“Israel continues to bar international reporters from entering any part of the Gaza Strip independently,” a statement released by the FPA said on Monday, adding that the decision prompts inquiries into issues that Israel wishes to conceal from the eyes of international journalists...

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