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Israel commits ‘mediacide’ to conceal its atrocities in Gaza, UN expert says

LONDON: Israel was waging a systematic campaign against journalism in an attempt to conceal its atrocities in Gaza, UN expert Francesca Albanese said on Tuesday. The killing of Palestinian reporters and destruction of media infrastructure have left an irreparable gap in the historical record, she warned. Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, described the Israeli campaign as “mediacide” during a virtual press briefing about a report she compiled on the at