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Israel: Media Learn About Shootings 8 Hours Later

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Israel, Citizen Media, Refugees

@activestills [1], “a collective of Israeli, International and Palestinian photographers, united by a conviction that photography is a vehicle for social change”, says [2] on Twitter this morning: “Israeli police informed media about the shooting incident against refugees only 8 hours after it happened”, pointing to a few images [3] from the shooting. The target was Eritrean refugees and the shooting is reported to have happened in the Shapira neighbourhood in south Tel Aviv. It is not clear [4] what provoked the attack or why the media were informed 8 hours later.