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The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate report says the families of journalists in Gaza were systematically targeted during two years of war, with approximately 706 family members killed.
They are among the more than 70,000 Palestinians Gaza's health ministry says were killed in Israeli attacks in the war.
The report noted that the homes of some journalists were bombed, killing their spouses, children and entire families.
When asked by NPR, the Israeli military said it rejects allegations that it deliberately targets journalists or their family members.
The military said any claim of intentional harm to civilians is unequivocally false.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says Israel has sought to control the narrative on Gaza, including, it says, through the targeted killing of Palestinian journalists and banning independent access to foreign press despite a ceasefire.
Aya Batrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
Yasser Abu Shabab is known locally as a notorious criminal who was in prison for drug smuggling when the war in Gaza began.
Later, he became known as the leader of the Abu Shabab militia, named after him.
Palestinian aid workers say his militia was behind deadly attacks on aid trucks and the single biggest theft of UN aid globally, when around 100 trucks were looted late last year.
The lootings plunged Gaza into starvation as UN bakeries ran out of flour.
Hamas militants tried to kill Yeser Abu Shabeb, but he fled with his militia to southern Gaza under the protection of Israeli forces, where he was being tapped to lead an armed resistance against Hamas.
Palestinian reports say he was killed Thursday in a dispute with a local family.
NPR couldn't reach Abu Shabeb's deputy for comment, but an Israeli defense official told NPR Israel believes he's been killed.
Yasser Abu Shabab is known locally as a notorious criminal who was in prison for drug smuggling when the war in Gaza began.
Later, he became known as the leader of the Abu Shabab militia, named after him.
Palestinian aid workers say his militia was behind deadly attacks on aid trucks and the single biggest theft of UN aid globally, when around 100 trucks were looted late last year.
The lootings plunged Gaza into starvation as UN bakeries ran out of flour.
Hamez militants tried to kill Yeser Abu Shabeb, but he fled with his militia to southern Gaza under the protection of Israeli forces, where he was being tapped to lead an armed resistance against Hamez.