Per the Committee to Protect Journalists,
As of January 6, 2026, CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed at least 252 journalists and media workers were among the more than tens of thousands killed in Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Israel, and Iran since the Israel-Gaza war began, making it the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992.
To date, CPJ has documented:
249 journalists and media workers killed by Israel, of which:
209 were Palestinians killed in Gaza
31 Yemenis in Yemen
6 Lebanese in Lebanon
3 Iranians in Iran.
2 Israelis killed in Israel by Hamas
1 Palestinian journalist killed by an armed group in Gaza
173 journalists reported injured
2 journalists reported missing
94 journalists arrested
Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.
(See
https://cpj.org/2023/10/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/ )
The UN puts the number of Palestinian journalists alone killed by Israel during the Gaza war even higher, at 242 as of August 11, 2025 (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_the_Gaza_war ).
Moreover, since the 10/7 attack, Israel has banned all journalists not already resident in Gaza from entering (see
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly3jwlz98do ).
As terrible as what we've noneless learned and seen of what's been happening Gaza may be, what's actually been happening could well be much worse.
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