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November 09, 2025 – Palestine –
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate has released a stark report documenting the killing of 44 Palestinian journalists inside displacement tents in the Gaza Strip during the ongoing Israeli offensive that began in October 2023 and continued through October 2025. The deaths are reported as part of a broader toll of 254 media workers killed within the same period, according to the syndicate’s Freedoms Committee.
The report details how journalists, already among displaced populations, were forced into tents near hospitals and schools following bombing of homes and infrastructure. These tents, intended as temporary refuge, became targets. The incidents involved precision strikes, drone-fired munitions and sniper fire directed at tents housing journalists, with no documented military presence in those areas. By locating multiple casualties in such sites—including tents adjacent to UNRWA shelters and medical facilities—the report argues these were not accidents, but deliberate attacks to silence media coverage.
Citing Article 79 of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, the syndicate argues that the targeting of civilian journalists is a war crime. The report also calls for urgent actions: the formation of an independent international commission, activation of the International Criminal Court’s examination mechanisms, secure corridors for journalists and a legal database documenting all incidents involving media workers.
This latest documentation underscores the heightened vulnerability of press personnel operating amid conflict and displacement. By highlighting the destruction of media offices, targeting of homes and death inside makeshift shelters, the syndicate insists that this represents not merely collateral damage but an orchestrated policy to suppress reporting. In calling attention to the killing of these 44 journalists inside tents, the report raises urgent red flags about the shrinking space for independent media coverage in Gaza—and about the broader humanitarian and legal implications of impunity in attacks on the press.
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