Journalist and filmmaker John Pilger, who was critical of Israeli bombardment of Gaza, dies

Australian journalist and filmmaker John Pilger has died aged 84, his family have announced.

A statement released by his family on X, formerly Twitter, said he died on Saturday in London.

They described him as "simply the most amazing and loved Dad, Grandad and partner. Rest In Peace".

Throughout his career he was highly critical of western foreign policy and, most recently, was critical of Israel's bombardment of Gaza. 

In a post published by Pilger on 5 November, he writes: "When I was last in Gaza, the Israeli air force terrorised the population by flying fast and loud and low at night. All children bed-wetted and had violent nightmares, said a psychologist, and were 'damaged forever'. Such is Israel's exercise of its 'right to self defence'." 

On 8 October he wrote: "The Palestinians are again fighting for their lives, refusing to live in the prison known as Gaza, controlled and policed by Israel with Palestinians killed and maimed, unreported, day after day. Now their resistance, to which they have a right, is called 'unprovoked'."