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Gaza City, May 13 (RHC)-- The Government Media Office in Gaza has confirmed the death of journalist Hassan Eslaih and says it condemns “in the strongest terms the systematic targeting, killing and assassination of Palestinian journalists” by Israeli forces.

The Media office reported said that Eslaih was assassinated as he was receiving treatment at the Nasser Medical Complex earlier on Monday, and that his killing has raised the death toll among journalists since the genocidal war began to 215.

“We hold the Israeli occupation, the U.S. administration, and the countries participating in the crime of genocide -- such as the United Kingdom, Germany and France -- fully responsible for committing this heinous, brutal crime.”