IRGC: ‘Wolfish’ Israeli regime targets journalists to bury evidence of its medieval crimes

The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a scathing denunciation of the Israeli regime’s brutal targeting and murder of journalists as a ruthless attack on fundamental human values and freedom of expression.

“The racist, wolfish Zionist regime, which has always sought to silence the voice of truth, has once again, at this historic juncture, shown through such crimes that it will stop at nothing to conceal its medieval atrocities and its bestial and inhuman nature,” the IRGC wrote in a statement on Tuesday.

Silencing brave voices of Gaza

It condemned the regime’s recent massacre of five journalists, including renowned lifelong reporter on the Palestinian plight, Anas al-Sharif, who stood unwaveringly on the Gaza Strip’s frontlines to broadcast the cries of its oppressed men, women, and children.

The statement portrayed the atrocity as not just an isolated crime, but a calculated strike against human dignity and the global right to veracity.

“This unjust act targets not only human rights, but also the right of nations to know the truth,” the statement emphasized.

Journalists as frontline soldiers in cognitive warfare

In today’s battles, fought as much in the realm of perception as on physical grounds, journalists wield pens and cameras like weapons against lies and distortion, the IRGC asserted.

By attacking these truth-bearers, the Zionist regime aims to impose a ruthless “media blackout,” a sinister effort to bury justice beneath layers of misinformation, it lamented.

‘A direct shot at freedom itself’

“Targeting journalists in the heart of wars, especially in Gaza, is effectively a [direct] shot at freedom itself,” the IRGC said, condemning the regime’s attempt to prevent the world from witnessing the reality of the coastal sliver’s suffering.

The IRGC, meanwhile, honored the recent National Journalist Day in the Islamic Republic, hailing the country’s paying due and deserved credit to the media personnel on the occasion, and further commending the courage and sacrifice of the martyred journalists and their 237-strong colleagues, who had perished during the regime’s atrocities in Gaza.

The victims, it noted, stood firm upon their principle of dedicated communication of the truth since the Gazan resistance movements’ historic Operation al-Aqsa Flood against the occupied Palestinian territories on October 7, 2023, following which Tel Aviv brought the Palestinian territory under a genocidal war.

“These dear martyrs, with their blood, not only carried the voice of Gaza’s oppressed to the world, but also sent a powerful and meaningful message of courage: One must never remain silent in the face of oppression and crime,” it further said.

It underlined the unwavering solidarity of the victims’ colleagues with the Palestinian cause until the liberation of the occupied holy city of al-Quds from Zionist occupation.

The statement finally called on all nations and international bodies, especially human rights organizations, to reject silence and demand accountability.

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