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The Reuters office in Gaza was attacked by several armed men, who entered the office and made threats toward employees, the news agency said Saturday. CNN and Japanese media NHK were also attacked.
The approximately 10 men took away a video camera after they said they saw a reporter filming a demonstration. One Reuters journalist was hit in the arm with a metal bar and another was told he would be thrown out of a top floor in the building.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the attackers were associated with Hamas and “stormed” regional offices of Reuters, CNN, and NHK. Regarding CNN, the men searched for footage of the demonstration and took a tape from NHK.
"Today's attack on media offices and working journalists in Gaza is a brazen attempt to censor the news," CPJ's Middle East and North Africa coordinator Mohamed Abdel Dayem said in a statement.
Hamas previously attacked journalists last Tuesday as the reporters attempted to cover demonstrations in Gaza.
