In the run-up to this week’s deadly attacks, stories linking Palestinian reporters to Hamas gained currency, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein

Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action

“The only conclusion that one can come to is that Israel is doing this deliberately,” says analyst Alex de Waal.

Palestinian journalists live through the same brutal conditions they cover — and describe a pattern of direct targeting by Israeli forces.

The military-grade steel cargo on board the Ever Golden was set to be transferred to a ship owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund before being taken to Israel