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With no foreign press allowed to enter the territory for nearly two years, these freelancers are now the only ones able to report from inside Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe refuse to watch them die,\u201d the SDJ said. \u201cTheir calls for help, heartbreaking, are now daily.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the reporters, Bashar, who has worked with AFP since 2010, posted a message on Facebook saying, \u201cI don&#8217;t have the power to cover media anymore. My body is lean and I no longer have the ability to walk.\u201d He is currently living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his siblings. He recently reported that his brother had \u201cfallen\u201d due to hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A second journalist shared, \u201cIf the situation continues like this for a few more days, we will all die of hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AFP\u2019s management issued a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AFPfra\/posts\/pfbid031XQtT7HAC4t8FPAhJSykKHQddJuB1bMbYqAtpTxvTXyqZ7wFdis7g5pcsXvGgY3Sl?__tn__=%2CO*F\">statement<\/a>, calling the situation \u201cuntenable\u201d despite the staff\u2019s \u201ccourage, professional commitment, and resilience.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency said that it had previously succeeded in evacuating eight salaried employees and their families between January and April 2024, and said it is now working to evacuate its remaining Gaza-based freelancers and their families, despite severe difficulties posed by the blockade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AFP stated that the work of its Palestinian freelancers is \u201cessential for informing the world,\u201d but said their lives are now in danger. \u201cWe urge the Israeli authorities to authorize their immediate evacuation along with their families,\u201d AFP said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1944, AFP has covered wars, famines, and crises around the world. But, the SDJ said, this is the first time the agency has faced the possibility of losing a colleague to starvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur colleagues are young. Their strength is leaving them,\u201d the SDJ wrote. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to remember having lost a colleague to hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agence France-Presse (AFP) and its journalists\u2019 union have issued appeals for the immediate evacuation of local reporters in Gaza, warning that without outside intervention, they may die from starvation or exhaustion amid worsening conditions and ongoing Israeli military operations. 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