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June 11, 2025 – Palestine –
Journalists in Gaza are facing extreme conditions that amount to systematic silencing. Under Israel’s ongoing blockade and bombardment, they are not only dodging airstrikes and losing colleagues to targeted attacks—they are also being starved into submission. Without access to food, electricity, internet, or fuel, Gaza’s reporters are physically and logistically unable to work, creating what media rights groups are calling an “information blackout.”
Since October 2023, over 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed, making this war one of the deadliest for media workers in modern history. Many were killed while on duty, wearing marked press vests. Foreign journalists are largely barred from entering Gaza, leaving the task of documenting atrocities to local reporters already struggling with basic survival. According to press freedom watchdogs, this not only violates international law but also amounts to collective punishment.
Starvation has become a tool of censorship. Journalists queue for hours at food distribution points, risking their lives as even aid lines have come under fire. Several civilians and media workers have reportedly been killed while trying to receive food. The resulting hunger, fatigue, and trauma have silenced many. Equipment sits unused as journalists collapse from exhaustion or mourn fallen colleagues. Newsrooms lack power. Internet connections are severed. The flow of verified information has slowed to a trickle.
Meanwhile, the European Union’s silence is drawing fierce criticism. Over 60 international organizations have called on the EU to impose sanctions on Israel, suspend agreements, and demand investigations into journalist deaths. Critics argue that by remaining “neutral,” the EU is effectively endorsing the violence. The lack of public condemnation or policy action has emboldened further repression and undermined Europe’s credibility on human rights.
Gaza’s journalists are not just chronicling a war—they are living it. Deprived of food, power, and security, their ability to report has been shattered. As they are forced into silence, the world risks losing not just voices, but truth itself. In failing to act, Europe is not neutral—it is complicit in the erasure of press freedom.
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Gaza’s journalists are starved into silence. The EU’s neutrality is complicity.
