The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported that at least 181 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on 7 October 2023. Updated on 27 May, the report recorded the highest loss of life in CPJ's data tracking since 1992.

 

The report also included a statement by CPJ Programme Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna. Stating that journalists in Gaza have been working under severe conditions since the first day of the war, including intense bombardment, infrastructure collapse, starvation, displacement and miscommunication, Serna said, “Every time a journalist is killed, injured, arrested, or forced to go to exile, we lose fragments of the truth. Those responsible for these casualties face dual trials: one under international law and another before history’s unforgiving gaze.”

 

181 JOURNALISTS MURDERED

 

According to the report, 181 journalists or media workers have been killed since 7 October, including 173 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 6 Lebanese journalists. 96 journalists were injured, 86 journalists were arrested and 2 journalists are missing. 

 

In the report, it was announced that 17 journalists and 2 media workers have been directly targeted by Israeli forces so far and these deaths were classified as "murder". The report reminded the statements of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to media organisations that it could not guarantee the safety of journalists in the first period of the war and said, "CPJ has called for an end to the longstanding pattern of impunity in cases of journalists killed by the IDF."

 

The full report is available at the following link: https://cpj.org/2023/10/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/