Killing journalists is a war crime. There is not a single government or military in the world that is unaware of this fact. Press and media employees are meant to have immunity during military attacks, even in the extremely rare case that they are producing propaganda.
From outside Gaza, the scale of death and destruction is impossible to grasp, shrouded by communications blackouts, restrictions barring international.
One hundred and two Palestinian journalists and other media workers were killed in Gaza in 2023, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) annual report. Twenty-three media professionals were severely injured in the enclave and the Israeli authorities arrested 58 journalists in the West Bank and Gaza since 7 October, states PJS data. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate PJS in condemning the killing and continued attacks on media professionals, and calls for an independent investigation into the killings and to hold the perpetrators to account.