As Gaza killings rise, so does toll on Palestinian journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said 99 journalists and media workers worldwide were killed while doing their job last year. In its annual report, the media watchdog said “the vast majority (72) were Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza”. The overall toll is the highest since 2015 and an increase of nearly 44 percent on 2022’s figures. “In December 2023, CPJ reported that more journalists were killed in the first three months of the Israel-Gaza war than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year,” it said. Al Jazeera cameraperson Samer Abudaqa was killed on December 15 in an Israeli air strike on Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. The CPJ said it has raised concerns about the apparent targeting of media members by the Israeli army and is investigating whether a dozen journalists killed in the war were deliberately targeted by Israeli soldiers. It also underlined that the Israeli military has a long record of killing journalists with impunity, with at least 20 journalists killed over 22 years and no one held accountable for their deaths. Jodie Ginsberg, the president of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has told Al Jazeera from New York that Israel’s war on Gaza is unprecedented in terms of the threat to journalists. Subscribe to our channel: Follow us on Twitter: Find us on Facebook: Check our website: Check out our Instagram page: Download AJE Mobile App: #IsraelAttackJournalists #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #IsraelWar #IsraelGazaWar #IsraelPalestineWar #GazaBombing #GazaUnderAttack #Hamas #PressFreedom #ProtectJournalists #AttacksOnJournalists