{"id":388884,"date":"2025-09-01T08:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/388884\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T08:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:46:10","slug":"the-deadly-toll-on-journalists-in-the-gaza-war-global-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/388884\/","title":{"rendered":"The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war | Global development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past 22 months, the war in Gaza<\/a> has become the most deadly conflict for journalists in history.<\/p>\n

Last week, five Palestinian journalists \u2013 Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Abu Dagga, Mohammed Salama, Ahmed Abu Aziz and Moaz Abu Taha \u2013 were killed in a double strike on Nasser hospital by the Israeli military<\/a>, bringing the total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 to at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Other groups put the tally far higher.<\/p>\n

Just one week before, another four Al Jazeera journalists and two freelancers were killed by a targeted Israeli strike on their tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The Israeli military said it deliberately targeted the Al Jazeera crew \u2013 the correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who had reported on the war since its outset, the reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh, the cameraman Ibrahim Zaher, and Mohammed Noufal, a crew driver and cameraman.<\/p>\n

The CPJ and other organisations say that this claim is part of a pattern of misinformation \u2013 along with other cases where slain journalists have been labelled as Hamas fighters<\/a> or operatives \u2013 and is without credibility.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military has prevented international journalists from entering and reporting on the war, and has decimated Gaza\u2019s own media community. Under international law, journalists should be protected civilians, yet the CPJ says that Israel is \u201cengaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPalestinian journalists are being threatened, directly targeted and murdered by Israeli forces, and are arbitrarily detained and tortured in retaliation for their work. By silencing the press \u2013 those who document and bear witness \u2013 Israel is silencing the war,\u201d the organisation said.<\/p>\n

The Gaza Media Center says that 238 journalists and media workers have been killed in the conflict. Photograph: Gaza Media Center\/Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Despite growing global condemnation and concerns over breaches of international law, Israel is continuing its military assault on Gaza and it is likely that more journalists will die as a result.<\/p>\n

The Guardian is printing the names of all the Palestinian journalists listed by the CPJ as having died as a result of Israeli military action since October 2023 as part of a day of action in condemnation of the killings and in solidarity with those journalists who remain, reporting on the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

The names on this list not only constitute lost lives, futures and grieving families, but the loss of a <\/strong>generation of journalists <\/strong>killed doing their jobs in the most frightening and devastating of environments and whose bravery and dedication to covering this conflict cannot be replaced.<\/p>\n

This list will continue to be updated as more deaths occur. The CPJ list stands at 189. The Gaza Media Center and other Palestinian media groups put the numbers higher, <\/a>at 238; the UN human rights office puts the figure at 247<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahmed Abu AzizMohammed SalamaMoaz Abu TahaHussam al-MasriMariam Abu DaggaAnas al-SharifMohammed NoufalIbrahim ZaherMohammed QreiqehMoamen AliwaMohammad al-KhaldiIsmail Abu HatabMoamen Abu AlOuf<\/p>\n