02-04-2025
Israel's war on Gaza 'worst ever conflict' for journalists: report
Israel's war on Gaza has been the "worst ever conflict" for journalists, with at least 208 Palestinian media workers killed since October 2023, according to a report by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
The report, titled News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World, said the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 had "killed more journalists than the US Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined."
"In 2023, a journalist or media worker was, on average, killed or murdered every four days. In 2024, it was once every three days," said the report.
"Most reporters harmed or killed, as is the case in Gaza, are local journalists."
Just last week, Mohammad Mansour, a correspondent for Palestine Today, and Hossam Shabat, a journalist for Al Jazeera Mubasher, were killed by Israel in two separate attacks.
Relatives and colleagues mourn at the funeral of Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat, an Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent, and Mohammad Mansour, a Palestine Today correspondent, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, on 24 March 2025 (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
