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Journalist killings spike globally as Gaza becomes deadliest region
Journalist and media workers killed across the world
Killings of journalists have spiked in recent years. In 2023, 91 journalists and 12 media workers were killed. The toll rose to 114 for journalists and 10 for media workers in 2024. 56 journalists and 1 media worker have been killed in 2025 so far.
The Palestine region recorded assassination of 190 journalists from 2015 to 2025 (latest) — 186 of them in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
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Deccan Herald
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- Deccan Herald
Muting news with killer strikes
Israel's attack, which left six journalists dead in Gaza, was a targeted killing, executed as part of its continuing efforts to suppress news reporting from the strip. Four Al Jazeera journalists, including its well-known reporter Anas al-Sharif, were killed in the strike. Anas al-Sharif has brought out through his reportage the horrors of Israel's genocidal actions and the starvation in Gaza. He had been told by Israel to stop reporting and leave Gaza. His father was killed in an airstrike in 2023, after that warning. In a post published posthumously, Anas wrote: 'If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me.' Israel now claims, without proof, that he was a terrorist. The killing of the reporters is another warning, and there is unlikely to be any more reporting from ground zero on Gaza. This is what Israel has been working to Reporters without Borders, more than 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed in about two years of the war in Gaza. This is more than the number of journalists killed in other parts of the world in the last three years. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says 26 of the reporters were targeted for killing. While the deaths show the courage and commitment of the journalists, they also show Israel's determination to prevent Gaza's truth from reaching the world. International journalists are not allowed to enter Gaza except on Israel-organised military trips during which they cannot speak to Palestinians. The killing of the Al Jazeera journalists has been widely condemned. Deliberate targeting of journalists is a war crime. The International Criminal Court has been requested to investigate the killings. Israel has not cared for the international criticism of its actions in Gaza or its treatment of killings have taken place when Israel is set to launch a major operation to seize control of Gaza City, which will take the war to another level. The new campaign will lead to many more deaths and the displacement of thousands of people. Over 60,000 people, including women and children, have been killed since the war started. There is opposition to the new war plan even from within Israel. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going ahead with the offensive and has obtained the approval of the Security Cabinet for it. The aim is said to be to capture Gaza, expel or eliminate the Palestinian population, and have the Jews settle there. The illegal and inhuman assault has happened in front of an international community that, now, will also be deprived of reporting from where it unfolds.
Business Standard
a day ago
- Business Standard
Journalist killings spike globally as Gaza becomes deadliest region
Recent killings of journalists in Israel have shifted the focus on targeted attacks on media personnel around the globe. During 2015-25 (latest figures), 846 journalists and media workers have been killed worldwide, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Journalist and media workers killed across the world Killings of journalists have spiked in recent years. In 2023, 91 journalists and 12 media workers were killed. The toll rose to 114 for journalists and 10 for media workers in 2024. 56 journalists and 1 media worker have been killed in 2025 so far. The Palestine region recorded assassination of 190 journalists from 2015 to 2025 (latest) — 186 of them in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
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First Post
a day ago
- First Post
‘Netanyahu has lost the plot': New Zealand PM Luxon says Gaza attacks ‘utterly unacceptable'
'I think he (Netanyahu) has lost the plot. What we are seeing overnight, the attack on Gaza City, is utterly, utterly unacceptable,' said Prime Minister Christopher Luxon As New Zealand weighs up whether to recognise a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Wednesday said that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had 'lost the plot'. Luxon condemned the lack of humanitarian aid, the forced displacement of civilians, and the annexation of Gaza as deeply appalling, stating that Netanyahu had gone far beyond acceptable limits. 'I think he has lost the plot,' Reuters quoted Luxon, who heads the centre-right coalition government, as saying. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'What we are seeing overnight, the attack on Gaza City, is utterly, utterly unacceptable,' he added. Earlier this week, Luxon said New Zealand was considering whether to formally recognise a Palestinian state. On Monday, close ally Australia announced it would support recognition at a UN conference in September, joining Canada, the UK, and France. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached what several Western nations described as 'unimaginable levels.' In a joint statement on Tuesday, Britain, Canada, Australia, and several European allies urged Israel to allow unrestricted humanitarian aid into the conflict-ravaged enclave. Israel has rejected blame for the worsening hunger in Gaza, accusing Hamas of diverting aid shipments, an allegation Hamas denies. Meanwhile, ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary session, a small group of protesters gathered outside the national parliament, banging pots and pans in a show of dissent. According to local outlet Stuff, demonstrators chanted, 'MPs grow a spine, recognise Palestine.' Tensions inside the chamber were also high. On Tuesday, Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick was ejected from Parliament after refusing to apologise for a remark suggesting government MPs lacked courage for not backing a bill to sanction Israel over alleged war crimes. Swarbrick was again ordered to leave the chamber on Wednesday for repeating her refusal to apologise. When she declined to comply, the government moved to formally suspend her. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'Sixty-eight members of this House were accused of being spineless," House speaker Gerry Brownlee said. 'There has never been a time where personal insults like that delivered inside a speech were accepted by this House and I'm not going to start accepting it.' As Swarbrick left, she called out 'free Palestine.' With inputs from agencies
