In her most recent byline on November 12, the journalist reported that newborns at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City were dying due to resource depletion at the facility.
The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry and prompted several other A-listers to stand in support of Ventura.
Altman, 38, also did not reveal the reason for his dismissal, but he pledged to share more information about his next steps in a tweet shortly after the news was announced.
Cpl. Noa Marciano appeared in a Hamas video on Monday, in which she said that she was being held in Gaza and appealed to the Israeli military to cease its bombardment of the area.