A journalist has publicly resigned from the Reuters news agency, accusing it of “enabling” the Israeli killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza.

Valerie Zink, a photojournalist who worked for the company as a contractor for eight years, posted a picture on social media of her Reuters card severed in two, saying it had been involved in a “betrayal of journalists” with regard to its coverage of the war on Gaza.

She referred to the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif earlier this month and the double-tap air strikes that killed five journalists - including Middle East Eye reporters - at Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday.

“When Israel murdered Anas al-Sharif, together with the entire Al-Jazeera crew in Gaza City on August 10, Reuters chose to publish Israel’s entirely baseless claim that al-Sharif was a Hamas operative - one of countless lies that media outlets like Reuters have dutifully repeated and dignified,” wrote Zink.

"Reuters’ willingness to perpetuate Israel’s propaganda has not spared their own reporters from Israel’s genocide.

“Five more journalists, including Reuters cameraman Hossam al-Masri, were among 20 people killed this morning in another attack on Nasser hospital.”

MEE contributors Mohamed Salama and Ahmed Abu Aziz were also among those killed in the strike, which Israel has claimed was a “mistake” in its English language communications.