Gaza City, April 17 (RHC)-- Yet another Palestinian journalist, along with several members of her family, has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as Israel's genocidal war on the besieged coastal sliver continues unabated.

Local media outlets reported that correspondent and photojournalist Fatima Hassouna and several family members lost their lives early on Wednesday in an air raid on their home in Gaza City.

Earlier this month, Hamas issued a strong denunciation of the intentional targeting of Palestinian journalists by Israeli forces, characterizing it as a blatant breach of international and humanitarian law.

The resistance group asserted that the murder of journalists is a component of the larger genocidal campaign conducted by Israeli forces against the Palestinian population in Gaza.

The movement highlighted that the deaths of over 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza — many of whom were killed alongside their families and children — due to Israeli airstrikes, shelling, and gunfire, demonstrate the occupying regime's intentional and vengeful attempt to suppress the media and discourage journalists from revealing the realities of the situation in the area.

“These unprecedented crimes against journalists in the history of modern conflicts require urgent action,” Hamas said, calling on the international community, the United Nations, and its judicial bodies to intervene and hold the Israeli leadership accountable.

It also called upon international media organizations and press freedom institutions to condemn these acts and to ramp up initiatives aimed at boycotting and isolating Israel due to its ongoing attacks on journalists and media personnel.

[ SOURCE: PRESS TV and EFE ]