Türkiye’s Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran has strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s direct targeting of a press tent in Gaza, which martyred seven people — including six journalists — in what he described as part of a systematic campaign to hide evidence of genocide.

On a statement on X, Duran said the attack, which took place in a designated media area, was a clear violation of international law and an attempt to silence the witnesses documenting Israel’s atrocities against Gaza’s civilian population.

“Israel is targeting journalists to prevent the genocide it is committing against babies, children, women, the elderly, and the sick from being seen,” Duran declared. “This lawless barbarism is a dirty effort to cover up the truth, destroy humanity, and suppress the evidence of their crimes.”

The Communications Director recalled that 237 journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, stressing that the deaths are not isolated incidents but part of a systematic pattern of silencing the press.

“I condemn in the strongest terms Israel’s attacks on journalists,” he said. “The Israeli regime will not be able to hide what they have done — the truth and the genocide will come to light, and they will definitely be held accountable before the law.”

Rights organizations and press freedom advocates have echoed Duran’s stance, warning that Israel’s deliberate targeting of journalists constitutes a war crime under the Geneva Conventions and is aimed at erasing evidence of its mass killings, starvation tactics, and destruction in Gaza. (ILKHA)