Israel and the killing of journalists

 The recent attack on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis killed at least 20 Palestinians, among them five journalists  The target was not a supposed “Hamas operative”, as in the case of Sharif, but a camera. For the Israeli army, a camera, whose position was well known – journalists have used this spot for a live feed from Khan Younis for a long time – was worthy of firing two or four tank shells.

If, three years ago, the army was allegedly embarrassed by the killing of a journalist, now it has become routine.

With Donald Trump now in the White House, not only is Israel under no pressure to comply with international law, it seems that it feels the urge to demonstrate that it can trample on it. 

Israel used to lie about killing journalists; now it barely bothers to do so. What happened?

Meron Rapoport is an Israeli journalist who writes for +972 magazine and is an editor at Local Call