German news media demand access to war-torn Gaza 

BERLIN, Sept 17: German news media outlets on Tuesday called on Israel to grant them access to war-torn Gaza, charging that the "almost complete exclusion of international media... is unprecedented in recent history".
"After almost a year of war, we call on the Israeli government: allow us to enter the Gaza Strip," a group of newspapers, agencies and broadcasters wrote in an open letter.
They also urged Egypt to permit them entry to the widely devastated Palestinian territory via the Rafah border crossing in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Israel has been at war with Hamas since the October 7 attack launched by the Palestinian militant group in a conflict that has brought mass casualties and destroyed swathes of the coastal strip.    —AFP