GAZA (NPTV/IFJ): Despite a temporary pause in violence in Gaza amid news of a cease-fire agreement this month, the carnage and devastation against journalists and civilians is still being calculated on the ground, with ongoing Israeli strikes continuing to reap a high death toll.
Since 7th October, 2023, Israeli attacks have now killed at least 247 journalists and media workers, with others assaulted, arbitrarily detained, injured, missing or disabled as a result of Israel’s onslaught in Gaza.
IFJ General Secretary, Anthony Bellanger, called it the graveyard of journalism in a piece published in global media on 3rd October (2025).
Ahmed Abu Mutair, a Palestinian broadcast engineer for Palestine Media Production (PMP), was killed on 19th October when an Israeli drone fired a missile that struck the company’s headquarters in central Gaza.
The strike destroyed the PMP’s offices, killing the son of PMP cameraman Mohammed al-Zaaneen and injuring cameraman Ismail Jabr.
While Israel continues to bar journalists from Gaza, it has announced plans to reexamine this policy by 23rd November, according to Haaretz.
The move follows petitions filed with Israel’s Supreme Court against the entry ban of journalists into the Gaza Strip.
IFJ continues to condemn Israel’s deliberate use of starvation as a weapon against Gaza’s population, including journalists, who remain the sole witnesses to the atrocities taking place.
Internationally, journalists reporting critically on Israel’s war in Gaza have also found themselves the targets of harassment and censorship campaigns led by pro-Israeli lobby groups, as documented by Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA).
