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October 07, 2025 – Palestine –
Over the past two years, Gaza has become one of the deadliest places in the world for journalists. According to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), more than 223 media workers have been killed since the escalation of Israel’s war on Gaza, revealing what the federation calls a systematic pattern of targeting and silencing the press with total impunity.
Since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, Israel’s devastating military campaign has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians, including a shocking number of journalists. The IFJ notes that reporters are not collateral victims but deliberate targets in a broader effort to control the narrative. One of the most recent attacks, on August 10, 2025, struck a makeshift tent where displaced journalists were working, killing five Al Jazeera staff members, among them reporter Anas al-Sharif. Soon after, an Israeli army spokesperson accused al-Sharif of belonging to Hamas’s armed wing—a move the IFJ condemned as part of a propaganda strategy aimed at discrediting reporters rather than investigating their deaths.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate describes a shift in Israel’s approach: what once involved harassment, censorship, or detention has now become direct elimination. The IFJ and press freedom organizations, alongside UN experts, have stated that these killings may amount to war crimes. To date, the IFJ has documented 246 media workers killed in connection with the conflict—223 in Gaza, 9 in Lebanon, 4 in Israel, 1 in Syria, and 9 in Yemen.
Alongside the violence, Israel has enforced a strict information blockade. Foreign media are denied entry, local coverage is censored, and communication networks are repeatedly disrupted. By restricting the press, Israel seeks not only to suppress reporting but to erase evidence and testimony from the ground.
The IFJ continues to demand international accountability through its International Safety Fund and by gathering evidence for submission to the International Criminal Court. It also calls for an end to Israel’s targeted attacks on journalists and for justice for the victims. “Killing journalists is killing the truth,” the IFJ declared, urging the international community to break its silence and act to protect the press before the last witnesses to Gaza’s suffering are gone.
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