“The United States did not sign the joint declaration issued by 28 countries including the United Kingdom, France and Germany.”

According to the Israeli Times, on August 21st, 28 countries issued a joint statement calling on Israel to allow “foreign independent media to immediately enter” the Gaza Strip.
The initial signatories of the statement include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Canada also joined the signing of the statement afterwards.
The United States did not sign this statement.
The statement wrote that in view of the humanitarian disaster taking place in Gaza, countries urge Israel to allow foreign independent media to enter immediately and provide protection for those working in Gaza.
The signatories of the statement oppose all restrictions on press freedom and阻挠entry during the conflict.
The statement also strongly condemned all violent acts against media workers, including frequent casualties, arrests and detention.
Since the outbreak of the October 2023 Palestinian-Israeli conflict, only a few foreign countries and Israel have been able to enter the region under the escort of the Israeli military and subject to strict censorship regulations.
The Israeli government has rejected requests for media access, claiming that the situation in Gaza is too dangerous and personnel cannot be allowed to enter without military escort.
Earlier this month, when asked about this issue, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to allow “more” foreigners to enter. However, most hope to enter the Gaza Strip without restrictions and without an escort from the Israeli Defense Forces.
Israel has been accused of targeting Gaza, but the Israeli military claims that there is no such policy and claims that many of the deaths are actually “members of terrorist organizations.”
Earlier this month, an attack by Israel in Gaza City led to the death of a prominent journalist from Qatar’s Al Jazeera and his five colleagues. However, the Israeli military insisted that the man named Anas Shariff was the commander of a Hamas armed group responsible for launching rockets into Israel.
After Shariff’s death, the Israeli military stated: “Intelligence and documents from Gaza, including personnel rosters, ‘terrorist’ training lists, and salary records, all prove that he was a Hamas member and had infiltrated Al Jazeera.”
When asked by the Israeli Times why the Israeli Defense Forces chose to strike at Shariff and his four other colleagues in a tent near Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, a military source claimed that the others were also members of terrorist organizations.
UN Secretary-General Guterres stated that at least 242 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the conflict.