Some of the world’s most prominent news outlets released a short film on Wednesday with a joint statement calling on Israel to allow international journalists into Gaza to report on the ongoing war with Hamas.

The video on behalf of the BBC, Reuters, The Associated Press (AP) and Agence France-Presse (AFP), narrated by BBC journalist David Dimbleby, features resonant photos and snippets of news reports from wars and crises throughout history alongside the message that “history is told by those who report it.”

“Images of the D-Day landings showed the fight to free Europe from tyranny; one image of a child burnt by napalm brought home the horror of the Vietnam War; in Ethiopia, journalists forced the world to confront the realities of famine; in Tiananmen Sqaure, a lone man resisted, defying the tanks; the world ignored Rwanda until reporters revealed thousands a day were being massacred; the report of a child’s body washed up on a beach revealed the stark reality of the Syrian refugee crisis; in Ukraine, journalists from around the world risk their lives every day to report the suffering of the people,” Dimbleby narrates over a slideshow of the photos he mentions.

“But when it comes to Gaza, the job of reporting falls solely to Palestinian journalists who are paying a terrible cost, leaving fewer to bear witness,” he adds as photos from Gaza are displayed.

“The Israeli government will not allow international reporters into Gaza to do their work and to document freely what they see. International journalists must now be allowed into Gaza to share the work with Palestinian reporters there so we can all bring the facts to the world,” he concludes.

The short film premiered in a Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) event on Wednesday in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

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