Palestinian journalists covering the war in Gaza have been awarded a prize celebrating press freedom, the UN’s cultural and scientific body UNESCO announced. The journalists were awarded the 2024 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize on Thursday evening in Chile. “In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who are covering this crisis in such dramatic circumstances,” jury chair Mauricio Weibel said. “As humanity, we have a huge debt to their courage and commitment to freedom of expressi…