Israel's targeted killings of Palestinian journalists

Since the Hamas attacks of October 7, the Israeli military has killed more than 130 Palestinian journalists in Gaza. That's more than in any other country in a single year since 1992. By comparison, six journalists have been killed in the entire Ukrainian war since 2014. In 2023, 75 percent of all journalists killed worldwide died in Israel's assault on Gaza. 73 percent of the victims were Palestinians. In many cases, the Israeli army deliberately targeted Palestinian journalists at home, with their families, or in the line of duty, using sniper fire, drones, and surgical air strikes. Many of these journalists had received direct and indirect threats prior to their targeted assassination. Israeli officials often claim that the journalists killed were terrorists or that they were caught i ...