A coalition of countries established to defend media freedom struggled to formulate a response to Israel’s killing of six Palestinian journalists in Gaza last month, emails reveal, with members of the group missing a deadline to join a statement condemning violence against media.

The Media Freedom Coalition did eventually issue a statement denouncing violence against journalists in Gaza on August 21, nearly two weeks after an Israeli drone strike killed four Al Jazeera journalists , including well-known correspondent Anas al-Sharif, and two other media workers.

The coalition, which includes 51 member countries, did not mention the journalists by name in its statement, but decried the “deliberate targeting” of media workers and called for the investigation and prosecution of those respo

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