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Allen Oxlade (6)
I'm not implying the war is a game, but you can't deny that both sides use the media.
I'm interested in how you know that Israel are "openly targeting journalists in Gaza" perhaps they are perhaps they're not and unless you are there, you may have got that from a journo/commentator that was fed by the Palestinians?
Israel has a multibillion $ a year hasbara operation entrenched in the Western media and political sphere, thousands of internet followers who jump in on any discussion of Israel and much more. Nothing Palestinians could do could match that, especially since most Western countries have shut down broadcasts from Iranian and Syrian media.
The notion of a free press in our Western Liberal "Democracies" is a naive mirage. They're free to promote the propaganda line and give the impression of debate, but that's as far as it goes.
Like the overall conflict, there is no symmetry of power.
It has been reliably reported that media centres and journalists cars have been hit by missiles and shelling. RT has shown the damage to the main media centre in Gaza city on live TV. SOP for the IDF.