To date 67 journalists — the majority of whom were Palestinians reporting from Gaza — have been killed, but many more remain missing or feared dead.

The NUJ has not only hit out at the Israeli high command’s apparent indifference to the unprecedented death toll — and refusal to live up to international obligations to take explicit steps to protect journalists — but called for an immediate investigation into claims journalists are being actively targeted.

Such accusations against the Israeli military are not new — two formal complaints were made to the International Criminal Court last year.