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Qaanitah Hunter | It's not complicated. We demand an end to the killing of journalists in Gaza

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Family and friends including Al Jazeera reporter, Wael Al-Dahdouh, bid farewell to the bodies of journalists Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya on 7 January 2024 in Rafah, Gaza.
Family and friends including Al Jazeera reporter, Wael Al-Dahdouh, bid farewell to the bodies of journalists Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya on 7 January 2024 in Rafah, Gaza.
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With the number of journalists dying in Gaza rising weekly, we cannot afford to stand silent as the eyes and ears of the truth are killed, writes Qaanitah Hunter.

"It is true that for evil to succeed, it takes far too many good people to keep quiet and stand by."

I have been thinking a lot about this quote by celebrated anti-apartheid journalist Percy Qoboza recently as we watch in horror as dozens of Gazan journalists are killed by the Israeli military.

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