The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns yesterday’s fighting that left journalists trapped in a Gaza media building for several hours. This CPJ alert fills in more details than other news reports we’ve seen so far:
Shahdi al-Kashif, managing editor of Ramattan, told CPJ the clashes broke out around 6 p.m. local time. About 40 journalists in the Shawa and Hosari Tower congregated in Ramattan’s offices on the ninth floor, he said, adding that the building sustained extensive damage and vehicles belonging to the journalists were destroyed. In a subsequent telephone interview, al-Kashif told CPJ that the clashes had subsided by midnight and journalists had returned to their offices.
