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December 07, 2025 – Palestine –
A new report from the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) shows that Israeli forces and illegal settlers committed a total of 57 documented violations and assaults against Palestinian journalists in Gaza and the occupied West Bank during November 2025 — underscoring a continuing campaign that media monitors describe as systematic.
According to the PJS’s monthly breakdown, the incidents included two cases in which journalists were wounded by live ammunition or rubber-coated bullets while covering events in Tulkarem and Gaza. Beyond gunfire, the report lists 22 assaults by settlers — involving beatings, stone-throwing, threats with weapons, and efforts to prevent journalists from covering events — many occurring during settler activity in volatile zones of the West Bank.
Other documented violations include 16 instances of detention or obstruction while journalists tried to work, six direct physical attacks, confiscation or forced deletion of reporting equipment in four incidents, and two cases where weapons were brandished at media personnel. Vehicles used by journalists were destroyed or confiscated twice, and at least one journalist was arrested during coverage. In addition, the report notes home raids and the presentation of a journalist before a military court.
The PJS condemned these abuses as part of “a clear policy to silence Palestinian journalists,” calling them not isolated incidents but a coordinated attempt to intimidate media crews and prevent independent reporting. Their leadership reiterated calls for stronger international intervention to guarantee protection for journalists working in conflict zones.
Media-freedom advocates warn that the spike in attacks — ranging from physical violence to equipment destruction — reflects how dangerous reporting has become in Gaza and the West Bank. Journalists say they are increasingly operating under fear, with the risk of injury or death rising sharply, and with critical coverage often forced underground.
As the war and occupations continue, the PJS’s annual and monthly reports serve as a critical record of press-freedom violations. Observers caution that without swift and sustained international pressure, the pattern of violence — and impunity — against journalists may only worsen.
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