'Each of us waiting for execution date': Journalist Ismail Jood announces to end press coverage in Gaza

As Gaza continues to bleed without substantial assistance from dominant powers, or even the Muslim world, Palestinian journalists, who have bravely documented the brutal atrocities committed by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), are now voicing profound disillusionment. They expressed frustration with a world that appears complacent in the face of an ongoing genocide.

Palestinian journalist Ismail Jood announced to halt his press coverage in Gaza, where the looming threat of death persists amidst the unrelenting and gruesome aggression of the Israeli settler state for 96 days with no substantial reaction from the world, which preaches its selective cause of humanity.

‏Taking to Instagram, Jood shared, “Dear friends, I am announcing the end of my coverage of this ongoing aggression. We documented more than enough of crimes, massacres, and the genocide that we were facing for the last 96 days. Sadly, there was not a strong action to end this aggression that devoured citizens, journalists, medical workers, activists, and even stone and tree. We were sentenced to execution and each one of us are waiting their turn. 96 days of loss and grief for losing our friends, homes, loved ones, and wealth. The Israeli occupation took everything away from us, we are left with some clothes that hardly keep us warm, living in tents that are not inhabitable for animals.

‏And for the people who don’t know who is Ismail, and got to meet me through this genocide, I want you to know that I am a father of two beautiful children. I am the oldest son for my parents, they waited 25 years to have me due to procreation difficulties. I have a sister and a brother who count on me since my father became old and sick

‏I survived death multiple times, and put my self in danger to show you the situation on the ground, and I believe that’s enough for now. As one of my colleagues said, “seeking safety within family is a better option that seeking coverage for a world that doesn’t know the meaning of humanity and compassion”.

‏With love,

‏Ismail Jood”

Since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7, the Palestinian death toll in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 23,357, with 59,410 people wounded, as reported by the Gaza-based Health Ministry on Wednesday. 

Approximately 1.9 million out of Gaza's 2.3 million population are displaced due to entire neighborhoods being killed, and 243 others wounded in the Israeli military operations across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.

The International Court of Justice began two days of legal arguments on Thursday in a case filed by South Africa, accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip.