© 2012 fred abrahams human rights watch ( gaza city ) – four israeli attacks killed two palestinian military operations . the israeli military said in a statement that it " acts in accordance with the laws of armed conflict , despite the ongoing deliberate violations and abuse of these laws by the terrorist organizations in the gaza strip . " “ just because israel says a journalist was a fighter or a tv station was a command center does not make them legitimate targets under the laws of war . the israeli government asserted that each of the four attacks was on a legitimate military target but provided no specific information to support its claims . two palestinian cameramen were killed and at least 10 media personnel were wounded in the offensive , which was launched after weeks of rocket attacks on israel . in its statement , the new york - based rights group said it found no indications that these targets were valid military objectives . launch gallery expand the deputy manager of al - kumi , 29 , and hussam salama , 30 , were “ hamas operatives ” but gave no information to support the claim . ” the four attacks on palestinian media that the idf alleged were hamas “ operational communications infrastructure ” ; and two floors of a building housing media in which the idf said in a release thursday .