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Remembering journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war

Colleagues mourn journalists Saeed Al-Taweel and Muhammad Sobh, killed in Gaza on 10 October 2024

Image © Samar Abu Elouf

The Freelance remembered fallen colleagues - as of 8 December 2023

LONDON FREELANCE Branch of the National Union of Journalists mourns all journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

On 26 August 2025 reports from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and reports from the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), showed that at least 241 journalists and media workers - and possibly 344 - were among those killed on 7 October 2023 and since. (Toward the end of August 2025 the IFJ revised its list and confirmed the killing of more than two dozen journalists who we had listed provisionally.)

We give the journalists' names that we have below.

Some died when their homes were attacked; some were directly targeted while working as journalists. (See note.)

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On 11 August 2025, following the killing of four of its staff and two freelances, Al Jazeera published the names of 269 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese journalists who it said had been killed/ We shall be cross-checking.

Of the total killings, at least 62,686 had been killed in Gaza and more than 900 in the occupied West Bank; and about 1139 Israeli citizens. (Al Jazeera last updated its new tracker on 29 June 2025.) Health authorities recorded 217 killed due to starvation, including 100 children.

Nearly 4000 were killed in Lebanon between mid-September and early December 2024, Sky News reported. We are not sure that anyone knows the death toll in Israeli attacks on Syria and Yemen, or in US and UK airstrikes on Houthi forces in Yemen.

A Letter to the Lancet published on 5 July 2024 points out that in recent conflicts, "indirect deaths... from causes such as reproductive, communicable, and non-communicable diseases... range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths". It concludes that "applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death to the 37,396 deaths then reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza"

On 8 May 2025 the Economist published a similar analysis giving a low estimate of 77,000 killed and a high of 109,000.

On 21 August 2025 972 magazine published Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians and the Guardian Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war. How many of the journalists killed are listed in the leaked database as "operatives" is an interesting and currently open question.

On 27 March 2024 Dutch newspaper NRC ran the names of 103 journalists killed in and around Gaza, with biographies where available

Image © NRC

The IFJ and PJS condemn all the killings of journalists and the continued attacks on our colleagues and call for an immediate investigation into their deaths. IFJ General Secretary Anthony Bellanger has said: "Media workers in areas of armed conflict must be treated and protected as civilians and allowed to perform their work without interference. The IFJ calls on all combatants in this conflict to do their utmost to safeguard journalists and media professionals."

London Freelance Branch Committee joins in the condemnation and the call for investigations. IFJ updates are at www.ifj.org/israel-hamas-war.

Also in our thoughts are injured and imprisoned journalists. The CPJ now lists those who it confirms to have been injured as journalists in Gaza, and those missing.

CPJ also lists Arrests of Palestinian journalists since start of Israel-Gaza war - its database is well behind this.

In memoriam

The killed journalists and media workers for whom we have names are as follows. We apologise for errors in transliteration.

In Gaza

Muhammad Jurjoun (also given as Jarghoun), from the Smart Media agency, killed on 7 October 2023
Ahmed Shahab (also given as Shebab), a programme producer at the Voice of Prisoners Radio, killed on 7 October 2023 or 10 October 2023
Muhammad al-Salehi (also Salhi), a photographer for the Fourth Authority agency, killed on 7 October 2023
Ibrahim Lafi, a photojournalist from the Ain Media Foundation, killed on 7 October 2023
Asaad Shamlakh, freelance journalist, killed on 8 October 2023
Saeed al-Taweel, Editor-in-Chief of the News Agency (Al-Khamsa or Al-Khamisa), killed on 9 October 2023
Mohammed Sobboh, photojournalist for a news agency in Gaza, reported by the IFJ killed on 10 October 2023
Salam Meema (also givem as Salam Meimah), journalist for Al Quds Radio, whose death was confirmed on 10 October 2023 after she was pulled from under the rubble three days after her home was destroyed
Hisham al-Nawajah, a photographer for the Khabar news agency, killed on 10 October 2023
Muhammad Fayez Abu Matar, freelance photojournalist, killed on 11 October 2023
Husam Mubarak, a presenter on the Al-Aqsa Channel, killed on 13 October 2023
Yousef Maher Dawas, a writer for Palestine Chronicle and for We Are Not Numbers, a youth-led Palestinian nonprofit publishing project, killed in an Israeli missile strike on his family's home in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia on 14 October 2023
Abdul Hadi Habeib (also given as Abdulhadi Habib), from Al-Manarah Media Agency and HQ Media Agency, killed along with some of his family members, in a missile attack that targeted his home on 16 October 2023
Muhammad Baalusha, from Palestine Today Channel, killed along with his family, in a missile attack that targeted his home on 17 October 2023
Essam Bahar (also given as Isam Bahar), from Al-Aqsa Channel, killed along with his wife and family members, in a missile attack that targeted his home on 17 October 2023
Sameh al-Nadi, Director, Al-Aqsa Satellite Channel, killed on 18 October 2023
Khalil Abu Athrah, a photographer for Al-Aqsa Channel, killed after being targeted along with his brother in the Nasr neighbourhood in northern Rafah, on 19 October 2023
Mohammed Ali, a journalist from Al-Shabab Radio (Youth Radio), killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip on 20 October 2023
Rushdi Sarraj, a freelance photographer, director and fixer for media including Radio France, killed in Israeli bombardment of his home on 22 October 2023
Mohammed Imad Labad, a journalist with the Al Resalah news website, killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City on 23 October 2023
Tasneem Bkheet, journalist for Al-Saada magazine, killed along with several of her family members in Yarmouk, west of Gaza City, on 24 October 2023
Salma Mekhaimer (also given as Mukhaimar), a freelance journalist, killed alongside her child in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip on 25 October 2023
Ahmed Abu Madhi, a journalist for the (Hamas-affiliated) Al-Aqsa TV, killed in an Israeli airstrike on 25 October 2023
Jamal Al-Faqawi, a journalist with for Mithaq Media Network, New Scene TV and documentary producer, killed in Israeli bombardment of his home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on 25 October 2023
Zaher Al-Afghani, journalist for Mithaq Media Network, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Deir Al Balah on 25 October 2023
Saed Al-Halabi, a journalist for Al-Aqsa TV, killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp on 25 October 2023
Duaa Sharaf, host for Radio Al-Aqsa, killed with her child in an airstrike on her home on 26 October 2023
Mohammad Fayez Al Hassan, director general of Rawasi, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home on 26 October 2023
Yasser Abu Namous, a journalist of Al-Sahel media organisation, killed in an airstrike on his family home on 27 October 2023
Nazmi Al-Nadim, a deputy director of finance and administration for Palestine TV, killed with members of his family in an airstrike on their home on 30 October 2023
Imad Al-Wahidi, an administrator for the (Palestinian Authority-run) Palestine TV channel, killed with his family members in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on 31 October 2023
Majed Kashko (also given as Majd Kashkou), the office director of the Palestine TV channel, killed with his family members in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on 31 October 2023
Iyad Matar, a journalist (or administrator?) working for Al-Aqsa TV, killed along with his mother in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on 2 November 2023
Majd Fadl Arandas, a member of the PJS who worked for the news website Al-Jamaheer, killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on 1 November 2023
Mohammed Abu Hatab, a journalist and correspondent for the local Palestine TV channel, killed along with 11 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip on 2 November 2023
Mohammed Bayyari, journalist for Al Aqsa TV, reported by the IFJ killed on 2 November 2023
Mohamed Al Jaja, a media worker and the organizational development consultant at Press House-Palestine, which owns Sawa news agency in Gaza and promotes press freedom and independent media, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home along with his wife and two daughters in the Al-Naser neighbourhood in northern Gaza on 5 November 2023
Mohammad Abu Hasira, correspondent for WAFA news agency: his body was found under the rubble on 7 November 2023
Yahya Abu Manih, a journalist with Al-Aqsa radio channel, killed in an airstrike in the Gaza strip, according to the Amman-based news outlet Roya News, Al-Jazeera, and the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, on 8 November 2023
Mohamed Abu Hassira, a journalist for the (Palestinian Authority-run) WAFA news agency, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza along with 42 family members; his body was found on 7 November 2023
Ahmed Al-Qara, a photojournalist who worked for Al-Aqsa University and was also a freelance journalist, killed in an Israeli strike at the entrance of Khuza'a town, east of the southern city of Khan Yunis, on 13 November 2023
Ahmed Fattouh, journalist, killed in an Israeli airstrike on 13 November 2023
Ahmed Fatima (also given as Ahmed Fatmah), a photographer for the Egypt-based Al Qahera News TV and a media worker with Press House Palestine, killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on 13 November 2023 - (others alleged that he was killed in an Israeli sniper attack, using the spelling Ahmad Fotaima and the same photo)
Yaacoub Al-Barsh, the Executive Director of the local Namaa Radio, killed after sustaining injuries on 12 November 2023 from an Israeli airstrike on his home in northern Gaza (probably the same person as Yakub Bursh, reportedly killed in a strike on his home)
Mahmoud Matar, freelance journalist. kiulled in an airstrike on his home on 15 November 2023
Belal Jad Allah (also given as Bilal Jadallah), the chair of Beit El-Sahafa El-Felestini (the Palestine Press House), killed in an Israeli strike on his home on 19 November 2023
Sari Mansour, director of Quds News Network, reported killed in an Israeli attack on Bureij Camp in central Gaza on 18 November 2023
Hassouna Aslam (also given as Isleem), a freelance photojournalist reported killed in an Israeli attack on Bureij Camp in central Gaza on 18 November 2023
Mustafa Sawaf (also given as Al-Sawwaf), a veteran journalist and political analyst, a contributor to MSDR News, reported killed with his wife and two of his sons in an Israeli air strike on his home on 18 November 2023
Mossab Ashour, a Palestinian photographer, killed during an attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip - but his death was not reported until 18 November 2023, soon after his body was discovered
Abdelhalim Awad, a Palestinian media worker and driver for Al-Aqsa TV, killed in an Israeli strike on his home in the Gaza Strip on 18 November 2023
Amro Salah Abu Hayah (also given as Amr Abu Hayya), a Palestinian media worker in the broadcast department of Al-Aqsa TV channel, killed in an air strike in Gaza on 18 November 2023
Ayat Khadoura (also given as Ayaat Khudairat and Ayat Al-Khaddura), a freelance journalist and podcast presenter, killed along with an unknown number of family members in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Beit Lahya in northern Gaza on 20 November 2024
Amal Zuhd (also given as Amal Zohd and Amal Zahed), a journalist, and a number of her family members, reported killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted her home in Gaza City on 18 November 2023 or on 24 Novemner 2023
Khamis Salem Deab, editor at Al Quds Radio, killed killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home on 20 November 2023
Jamal Hanieh, editor at Amwaj Sports Media Network, killed in an Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on 21 November 2023
Mohamed Nabil Al-Zaq (also given as Mohammed Alzeq), a journalist and social media manager for Al-Quds TV, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Shejaiya in northern Gaza on 22 November 2023
Assem Al-Barsh, journalist for Palestinian Al-Ray radio, reported by the IFJ killed by an Israeli sniper in the Al-Saftawi area of northern Gaza on 22 November 2023
Mohamed Mouin Ayyash, a journalist and a freelance photographer, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, along with 20 members of his family on 23 November 2023
Mustafa Bakir, journalist, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on his house in the Nuseirat refugee camp on 24 November 2023
Nader Al-Nazli, technician for Palestine TV, killed in Israeli bombing of his house; his body was found a week later on 25 November 2023
Abdullah Darwish, a cameraman for Al-Aqsa TV, killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on 1 December 2023
Muntaser Al-Sawaf, a cameraman for Anadolu Agency, killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on 1 December 2023
Adham Hassouna, a freelance journalist and media professor at Gaza and Al-Aqsa universities, killed, along with several members of his family, in an Israeli airstrike in the city of Gaza on 1 December 2023
Assam Farajallah (also given as Hassan Farajallah), who held a senior position for Al-Quds TV, killed in an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip on 3 December 2023
Hamada Al-Yaziji, editor at Kanaan News Agency and Al Quds radio, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Sheikh Radwanon on 3 December 2023
Shima El-Gazzar (also given as Shaima Jazzar), a journalist for the Al-Majedat network, killed along with her family members in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip on 3 December 2023
Marwan Al-Sawwaf, reported to be a sound engineer and brother of Muntaser Al-Sawwaf, and to be a photographer, killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit his family home on 1 December 2023
Ala Atallah, reported killed together with nine members of her family in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City on 8 December 2023 in her house
Duaa Jabbour, a freelance journalist, killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home along with her husband and children in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza on 9 December 2023
Mohammed Abu Samra, reported killed in an Israeli sniper attack in the north of Gaza, on 9 December 2023
Narmeen Qawas, an intern at Russia Today, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Gaza on 11 December 2023
Abdul Karim Odeh, journalist and former Al-Mayadeen correspondent, killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseriat refugee camp on 13 December 2023
Samer Abu Daqqa, a camera operator with Al Jazeera, died on 15 December 2023 due to injuries from an Israeli air strike targeting a school in Khan Younis: it is alleged that three members of the Palestinian Civil Defence were killed by Israelis while they attempted to rescue him and it is clear that no medical help could reach him for several hours. He was working with Wael Al-Dahdouh, who was wounded in the same attack but apparently able to get treatment
Assem Kamal Moussa, a journalist who produced visual and written news reports for the local privately-owned news website Palestine Now, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza on 17 December 2023
Haneen Kashtan (also given as Haneen Ali Al-Qashtan), a journalist who contributed to multiple media outlets including the local Fatah-affiliated TV Al-Kofiya and the local privately-owned Baladna Web TV (launched by journalists in 2017), killed along with members of her family in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza on 17 December 2023
Abdallah Alwan, a media worker and voice-over specialist who contributed to multiple media outlets including the Al-Jazeera owned platform Midan, Mugtama magazine and Al-Jazeera, and was a radio host for the Islamic University's Holy Quran Radio, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Jabalia on 18 December 2023
Adel Zorob, a freelance journalist who worked with multiple media outlets, including Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Rafah, southern Gaza, along with 25 family members on 19 December 2023
Mohammad Abu Hwaidi (also given as Mohammad Nasser Abu Hweidy), a photojournalist working for Al Istiqlal newspaper, reported killed by an Israeli sniper while covering events in Al Shoja’ia on 24 December 2023
Ahmad Jamal Madhoun, deputy director at Al Rai news agency, killed by an Israeli airstrike in the north of Gaza on 23 December 2023
Muhammad Al Saedi (Khalifa; also given as Mohammad Saidi), reported killed along with members of his family in an airstrike on his house in Al Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on 24 December 2023
Mohammad Abdul Khaleq Al Ghuf, photojournalist for Al Rai news agency, killed while covering the events in Gaza on 24 December 2023
Huthaifa Lulu, broadcast engineer at Prisoners Radio, who previously worked for Al Quds TV, killed by an Israeli airstrike on his home on 24 December 2023
Mohamed Azzaytouniyah, media worker and sound engineer for Al Rai, killed in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza City on 24 December 2023
Mohamad Al-Iff, journalist and photographer for local newspaper and news agency Al Rai, killed in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza City on 24 December 2023
Mohammad Khair Al Din, archiving officer at Al Aqsa TV, killed by an Israeli airstrike on his home in Al Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on 28 December 2023
Ahmad Khair Al Din, photojournalist for Al Aqsa TV, killed by an Israeli airstrike on his home in Al Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on 28 December 2023
Jaber Abu Hedrous (also given as Abu Hadrous and Jabr Abu Hadros), correspondent for Al-Quds TV, killed with his family on 29 December 2023
Akram Al Shafei, correspondent for Safa News Agency, killed by an Israeli aristrike during the siege of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza two months previously: he died on 5 January 2024

Hamza Dahdouh, a journalist and the remaining son of Al Jazeera bureau chief Wael Dahdouh, killed in an Israeli attack on the car he was travelling in with two other journalists on 7 January 2024
Mustafa Thuraya, a stringer for AP, killed alongside Hamza Dahdouh on 7 January 2024; the third journalist in the car, Hazem Rajab, was "seriously injured"
Heba Al-Abdallah, journalist, killed with her daughter on 9 January 2024
Ahmed Bdeir, a journalist working for the local news website Bawabat al-Hadaf, killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis: Bdeir was standing in front of the journalists' tent at the Aqsa Martyrs hospital gate and died when shrapnel hit him on 10 January 2024
Sherif Okasha (also given as Shareef Okasha), freelance, reported killed on 10 January 2024
Mohamed Jamal Sobhi Al-Thalathini, a journalist who worked for the broadcaster Al-Quds Al-Youm, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in south Gaza on 11 January 2024
Yazan al-Zuweidi, a journalist and camera operator for the privately-owned Cairo-based broadcaster Al-Ghad, killed, along with his brother and cousin, in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza while al-Zuweidi was on his way to see what happened to his home in the aftermath of heavy bombing on 14 January 2024
Iyad El-Ruwagh (also given as Iyad Ahmed Al-Ruwahi), who worked as a host for Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat camp in northern Gaza, along with four of his children, on 25 January 2024
Mohammed Atallah, an editor for the local Al-Resalah news website and a writer for the regional independent website Raseef22, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beach refugee camp in northern Gaza City, along with an unidentified number of family members, on 29 January 2024
Tariq Al-Maidna, freelance camera operator for Yemen TV, killed on 29 January 2024
Nafez Abdel Jawad, a reporter for the official Palestine Television station, reported killed "alongside his only son" in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip on 8 February 2024
Yasser Mamdouh El-Fady, journalist for Kan'an news agency, killed by Israeli sniper fire while reporting near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis on 11 February 2024
Alaa Al-Hams, who worked as a journalist with Sanad Agency, killed during the Israeli state's attack on Rafah in January 2024; she no longer had any surviving family to commemorate her when she died on 12 February 2024
Angham Adwan, who worked for Libya's February Channel, killed by an air strike on her home during the Israeli state's attack on Rafah on 12 February 2024
Ayman Rafati, political analyst and journalist, killed alongside his wife and children in Israeli shelling of his home north of Gaza City on 14 February 2024 - the day after he appeared on al-Jazeera
Zayd Abu Zayed, a 35-year-old director of the local Quran Radio channel, which is owned by the Islamic University in Gaza, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on 15 February 2024
Mohamed Yaghi, a 30-year-old freelance photojournalist who worked with multiple media outlets, including Al-Jazeera, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Az-Zawayda town in Der El-Balah, central Gaza, along with 36 family members, including his wife and daughter on 23 February 2024
Ibrahim Mahamid, presenter and cameraman for Al-Salam TV, Al-Shaab TV and other local media, killed when he was shot by Israeli forces; he died five months later on 1 March 2024
Mohammed Khader Ahmad Salama, presenter and cameraman for Al-Salam TV, Al-Shaab TV and other local media, killed on 5 March 2024 with his family in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza
Mohamed Al-Rifi (also given as Muhammad El-Reefi), freelance photographer, died on 15 March 2024 of injuries sustained on 14 March when he was hit by Israeli army gunfire while attempting to obtain flour in a humanitarian aid delivery southeast of Gaza City
Abdul Rahman Saima (also given as Saymah), reported killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza City on 15 March 2024
Saher Akram Rayyan, a media worker for WAFA news agency, killed killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City with his son while trying to rescue their wounded neighbours on 25 March 2024
Mohammad Abu Sukheil (also given as Abu Sakhil and Abu Skheil), reported shot and killed by Israeli soldiers inside the Al Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City on 28 March 2024; some immediately started combing social media to say that he worked for Al Quds Radio, designated a terrorist organisation in July 2018 by Israel's then defence minister, Avigdor Liberman. The IFJ reports that he was an editor and graphic designer for Shams News Agency
Tariq Al-Sayed Shakil, digital media editor for Voice of Al Quds radio, killed on 28 March 2024
Mustafa Bahr, reporter and co-founder of Palestine Breaking News website, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on 31 March 2024
Mohammed Bassam Al Jamal, a photographer working for the Al-Qassam Brigades’ affiliated Palestine Now news agency, suffered critical injuries in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in the Al-Jenenah neighbourhood in Rafah and died on 25 April 2024
Ayman Mohamad Al-Gharbawi, freelance photojournalist, killed in an Israeli drone strike along with his brother Ibrahim, reportedly while shooting video, in the Hamad neighbourhood of Khan Yunis on 26 April 2024
Ibrahim Mohamad Al-Gharbawi, freelance photojournalist, killed along with his brother Ayman, reportedly while shooting video, in an Israeli drone strike in the Hamad neighbourhood of Khan Yunis on 26 April 2024
Salem Abu Toyour, media worker at the Al-Quds Al-Youm TV channel, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in Nuseirat Camp on 29 April 2024
Mustafa Ayyad, freelance photographer, died on 6 May 2024 after he was critically injured by an Israeli airstrike on his home in Azzaytoun neighbourhood in northern Gaza; likely the same person as Mustafa Ayad, reported as a photojournalist killed in an Israeli attack targeting his house in Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City on 7 May 2024
Bahaa Okasha (also given as Akasha), camera operator for Al-Aqsa TV, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Al-Qasasib neighbourhood in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza on 11 May 2024
Hael Al-Najjar, media worker for Al Aqsa media network, killed in an Israeli strike that hit his house on the Old Gaza Street in Jabalia refugee camp on 15 May 2024
Mahmoud Juhjouh, a photographer who worked for the local Palestine Post network, killed along with his wife, children, and mother, in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City on 16 May 2024
Ola Al Dahdouh (also given as Olla Dahdouh), an editor and presenter for the local Sawt Al Watan radio station, killed in an Israeli airstrike on her husband’s family home in Gaza City’s Al Jalaa neighbourhood on 31 May 2024
Rasheed Albably, freelance journalist, killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Nuseirat refugee camp on 6 June 2024
Salim Al-Sharafa (also given as Al-Sharafi), a journalist for Al-Aqsa TV, reported killed (also by The New Arab and Middle East Eye) on 20 June 2024
Mohammad Abu Shareeah (also given as Mohammad Abu Sharia), a journalist with the Shams News agency, reported wounded in an Israeli attack on his home on 29 June 2024, died on 1 July 2024
Mohammad Al Sakni, media director of Al Quds TV, killed when an Israeli strike hit his home in Al-Tuffah neighbourhood on 5 July 2024
Saadi Madoukh, of Deep Shot media production company, killed in in an Israeli attack on the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City on 5 July 2024
Adeep Sukkar, of Deep Shot media production company, killed in in an Israeli attack on the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City on 5 July 2024
Wafa Abu Dabaan from the Islamic University Radio, killed with her child and her husband, journalist Amjad Jahjouh, in an Israeli attack on Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza strip on 6 July 2024
Amjad Jahjouh, a journalist with the Palestine Media Agency, killed in an Israeli attack on Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza strip on 6 July 2024
Rizq Abu Ashkian (also given as Rizq Abu Shakyan, Rezeq Abu Shokyan and Rezeq Abu Shekian), a journalist with the Palestine Media Agency, killed in an Israeli attack on Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza strip on 6 July 2024
Mohammad Manhal Abu Armanah, journalist, killed in an Israeli strike that hit tents of displaced people in Khan Yunis on 13 July 2024
Mohammed Meshmesh (also given as Mashmash), described as a programme director at Al-Aqsa Voice radio, reported killed in an Israeli attack on a school site in Nuesirat refugee camp in central Gaza on 16 July 2024
Mohammed Abu Jasser, a reporter for Al-Risala and Felesteen, killed with his mother, wife, and at least two of his children in an Israeli airstrike at about 3am in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on 20 July 2024
Mohammad Majid Abu Daqa, journalist, in an Israeli strike on Khan Yunis on 29 July 2024
Ismail Al Ghoul, reporter for Al Jazeera, killed, with camera operator Rami Al Refee, by an Israeli missile strike on their car immediately after they had finished a report of an attack on Al-Shati camp in northern Gaza on 31 July 2024. The Israel Defence Force issued a statement that it had "eliminated" Ismail because he was "actively involved in recording and publicizing attacks against [Israeli] troops" - which, as Al Jazeera points out, would be doing journalism
Rami Al Refee, camera operator for Al Jazeera, killed, with reporter Ismail Al Ghoul, by an Israeli missile strike on their car immediately after they had finished a report of an attack on Al-Shati camp in northern Gaza on 31 July 2024
Mohammed Issa Abu Saada, freelance photographer and videographer, killed with at least two family members in an Israeli strike on his uncle’s home in the Al-Zana neighbourhood of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on 6 August 2024
Tamim Muammar, journalist for the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation - Voice of Palestine killed, reportedly in a targeted Israeli attack on his home in Khan Younis, on 9 August 2024
Abdullah Al-Sousi, journalist for Al Aqsa TV, killed, reportedly in a separate targeted Israeli attack on his home in Khan Younis, on 9 August 2024
Ibrahim Muhareb (also given as Mohareb and as Muharib), freelance photojournalist, killed when an Israeli tank fired towards a group of journalists reporting in the Hamad city area, northwest of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, on 18 August 2024
Hamza Murtaja, cameraman for Ain Media, killed in an Israeli attack on Mustafa Hafez School on 20 August 2024
Hossam Manal Al-Dabbaka, photojournalist for Al Quds TV, killed with his wife, children and other family members when their apartment was hit by an Israeli strike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp on 22 August 2024
Ali Taima, cameraman for Al-Awda TV channel, in an Israeli airstrike in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis on 26 August 2024
Mohammad Abed Rabbo, working for Al-Manara Media Production Company, killed following an Israeli airstrike that hit his apartment in central Gaza on 28 August 2024
Wafa Aludaini (also given as al-Udaini), founder and senior journalist of October 16th Media Group and contributor to Middle East Monitor among others, killed along with her husband and two of her children in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Deir Al-Balah on 30 September 2024; there is a report that her two surviving children are injured
Nour Abu Oweimer, journalist and freelance podcaster for Al Jazeera Network, killed in Israeli bombing of her family home in Nuseirat refugee camp on 3 October 2024
Abdul Rahman Bahr, photographer and camera operator for Palestine Breaking News, killed in an Israeli drone strike in Gaza City on 5 October 2024
Hassan Hamad, freelance journalist, killed on 6 October 2024; Al Jazeera quotes fellow journalist Maha Hussaini reporting that "a few days before Hamad's death, he had been threatened by an Israeli officer through a Whatsapp message and several calls: 'Listen, If you continue spreading lies about Israel, we'll come for you next and turn your family into [...] This is your last warning'."
Mohammad Al Tanani, photojournalist for Al Aqsa TV, killed - probably in an Israeli airstrike (though there was a claim> that he was killed by an Israeli sniper during a live broadcast in northern Gaza) - on 9 October 2024
Tareq AlSalhi, GazaLive, killed according to CPJ on 15 October 2024
Saed Radwan, head of digital media department at Al Aqsa TV, killed in an Israeli strike on the Asmaa 'B' School in Al-Shati refugee camp on 27 October 2024
Hamza Abu Salmiya, journalist at Sand News Agency, killed an Israeli strike on the Asmaa 'B' School in Al-Shati refugee camp on 27 October 2024
Haneen Mahmoud Baroud, journalist at Al Quds Foundation and Majedat Media Network, killed in an Israeli strike on the Asmaa 'B' School in Al-Shati refugee camp, where she was sheltering, on 27 October 2024
Amr Abu Odeh, freelance photojournalist for Anadolu and Reuters news agencies, killed by an Israeli airstrike in the Al-Shati refugee camp on 31 October 2024
Nadia Emad Al Sayed, freelance, killed by an Israeli airstrike on a school where she was sheltering in Shati camp in Gaza City on 27 October 2024
Bilal Muhammad Rajab, photojournalist at Al Quds Al Youm channel, killed in an attack by an Israeli drone near the Firas market in Gaza City on 1 November 2024
Ahmed Abu Skheil, photojournalist for Al-Elamya news agency, killed in Israeli bombing of the Fahd al-Sabah School in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City on 9 November 2024
Zahraa Abu Skheil, reporter for Al-Elamya news agency, killed alongside her britger Ahmed and their father in Israeli bombing of the Fahd al-Sabah School in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City on 9 November 2024
Mahdi Al-Mamluk, external broadcaster engineer for Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, killed in an Israeli airstrike west of Gaza City on 11 November 2024
Mohammed Saleh Al-Sharif, journalist, wounded by an Israeli drone strike in Jabalia refugee camp and left "bleeding for more than two hours before succumbing to his injuries": he died on 16 November 2024
Ahmed Abu Shariya, freelance photojournalist for Tasnim Agency, killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Sabra neighbourhood in southern Gaza on 19 November 2024
Mamdouh Quneita (also given as Qanita and Kaneetah), editor for Al-Aqsa Channel, killed by an Israeli quadcopter in the courtyard of the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on 30 November 2024
Maysara Salah, journalist for Quds News Network, injured in an Israeli attack near Awni Al-Harthani School in northern Gaza: he died several days later on 1 December 2024
Iman Al Shanti (also given as Eman El-Shanti), a freelance host and producer for Al-Aqsa Radio and a reporter for Al Jazeera, killed with her family in an Israeli airstrike on the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in northern Gaza on 11 December 2024
Mohammed Al Qrinawi (also given as Al-Qerinawi and Al-Qreinaw), editor at Sanad News Agency, killed with his wife and their three children in an Israeli air strike on Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on 14 December 2024
Mohammed Baalousha (also given as Balousha), reporter for Dubai-based Al Mashhad Media - who in December 2023 broke the story of premature infants dying as staff were forced out of al-Nasr Children’s Hospital - killed in an Israeli drone strike when he was returning from a medical checkup at the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood clinic in northern Gaza City on 14 December 2024
Ahmed Al-Louh, freelance camera person and reporter for Al Jazeera, killed alongside five civil defence workers in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat camp in Gaza City on 15 December 2024
Mohammed Al-Sharafi, freelance journalist, killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on 18 December 2024
Fadi Hassouna, photographer and editor with Al-Quds Today TV, killed with four colleagues in an Israeli air strike on the station's van, clearly marked "Press", outside the al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on 26 December 2024. The Israel Defence Forces told the Times of Israel that he had been "involved in Islamic Jihad's combat propaganda" and all five were “posing as journalists”
Ibrahim al-Sheikh Ali, producer with Al-Quds Today TV, killed alongside Fadi Hassouna on 26 December 2024, with the same excuse from the IDF
Mohammed al-Ladah (also given as al-Ladaa), editor with Al-Quds Today TV, killed alongside Fadi Hassouna on 26 December 2024, with the same excuse from the IDF
Faisal Abu al-Qumsan, journalist with Al-Quds Today TV, killed alongside Fadi Hassouna on 26 December 2024, with the same excuse from the IDF
Ayman al-Jadi (also given as al-Gedi), camera operator with Al-Quds Today TV, killed alongside Fadi Hassouna on 26 December 2024, with the same excuse from the IDF; he had been waiting for his wife in front of the hospital while she was in labour to give birth to their first child
Hassan Al-Qishawi, freelance journalist, killed in an Israeli drone strike in western Gaza City while documenting the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on 2 January 2025
Omar Al-Derawi (or Al Dirawi), freelance photojournalist, killed in Israeli bombing targeting his home in Al-Zawaid, central Gaza on 3 January 2025
Areej Shaheen, freelance journalist, killed when Israeli airstrikes hit her family home near the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on 3 January 2025
Saed Abu Nabhan, journalist for Alghad TV and freelance photographer for Anadolu Agency, killed, according to the agency by an Israeli sniper on 10 January 2025
Mohammed Al-Talmas, journalist with Safa News Agency, killed when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a building in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City on 14 January 2025
Aql Hussein Saleh, journalist, killed in an Israeli attack on Al-Shati Camp, west of Gaza City, on 15 January 2025
Ahmed Hesham Abu Al-Rous, journalist, killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his vehicle in Al-Nuseirat Camp on 15 January 2025
Ahmed Al-Shayyah, freelance journalist, killed in Israeli bombardment of western Gaza (one report says in an Israeli air strike on a food distribution centre) on 15 January 2025
Mahmoud Islim Al-Basos, freelance journalist, killed in an Israeli drone strike that targeted him and a team of aid workers in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on 15 March 2025
Mohammed Mansour, a reporter with Palestine Today, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis on 24 March 2025
Hossam Shabat, reporter for Al Jazeera, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his car on Salah al-Din Street in northern Gaza on 24 March 2025. On 23 October 2024 the Israel Defence Forces accused six journalists, including Hossam, of being members of Hamas or of Palestinian Islamic Jihad - and the New York Times reported the firm denial by the six and by Al Jazeera. Hossam had prepared a final statement: "If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed..."
Hilmi al-Faqaawi, a reporter with Palestine Today TV, killed in an Israeli attack on a media tent outside the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza on 7 April 2025
Ahmed Mansour, a reporter with Palestine Today TV, died of severe burns suffered in the same Israeli attack on a media tent outside the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis on 7 April 2025. Photographer Hasan Oslih is reported to have a severe head injury from the same attack
Fatima Hassona (also given as Fatema Hassouna), freelance photojournalist and writer, died of her injuries, alongside 10 members of her family killed in Israeli bombardment of their home in Gaza city on 16 April 2025. The previous day Farima heard that a documentary focusing on her life, Put your Soul on your Hand and Walk, would appear in the ACID Cannes film festival
Yahya Subaih (also given as Sobeih), freelance video editor and reporter who contributed to Sabaq 24 News Agency and Palestine Post, killed by an Israeli drone strike on a café in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood on 7 May 2025
Nour El-Din Abdo (also given as Noureddine Abdo), journalist for the Al-Shareq News Network, killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood on 7 May 2025
Assam Aslih (also given as Assam Eslayeh), journalist and head of the Alam24 news outlet, killed by an Israeli explosive drone in the bed in Nasser Hospital where he was being treated after surviving a 7 April 2025 Israeli strike on a media workers' tent outside the hospital, on 13 May 2025. On 7 April Israeli forces accused Assam of being "a terrorist" and Ismail al-Thawabta, director of the Hamas-run government media office, said "The occupation's claim that Aslih crossed into the occupied land and took part in the 7 October incidents is part of a policy to discredit and fabricate that the occupation adopts to justify attacks on journalists."
Ahmed el-Helou, journalist for Quds News Network, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family’s tent in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis on 16 May 2025
Assam Sammour (also given as Samour), journalist for Al Aqsa Voice Radio, killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home near Khan Younis, along with 11 family members, on 16 May 2025
Aziz Al-Hajjar, freelance photojournalist, killed alongside his wife and children in Beit Al-Naaja on 17 May 2025
Abdul Rahman Tawfiq Al-Abadla, freelance reporter and photographer, killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Al-Qarara on 17 May 2025
Hassan Majdi Abu Warda, director of Barq Gaza News Agency, killed alongside several family members in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Jabalia on 25 May 2025
Moataz Mohammad Rajab, a journalist with Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, killed when a civilian car near him was hit by an Israeli airstrike while he was reporting on an earlier Israeli airstrike in Gaza city, on 28 May 2025
Suleiman Hajjaj, correspondent for Palestine Today, killed by an Israeli drone strike targeting journalists in the courtyard of the Al-Ahli-Baptist Hospital on 5 June 2025
Ismail Badah (also given as Baddah), cameraman for Palestine Today, killed by an Israeli drone strike targeting journalists in the courtyard of the Al-Ahli-Baptist Hospital on 5 June 2025
Samir Al Rifai, Shams News Agency, killed by an Israeli drone strike targeting journalists in the courtyard of the Al-Ahli-Baptist Hospital on on 5 June 2025
Ahmed Qaljah (also given as Qulja and Qalajah), freelance cameraman for Al Arabiya, died from his injuries, after being injured in a drone strike by Israeli forces on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital courtyard the previous day, on 5 June 2025
Moamen Abu Al-Ouf (also given as al-Auf and Alouf), freelance, killed by Israeli tank fire while documenting the rescue efforts of medical teams retrieving casualties following an Israeli shelling of a Palestinian home in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, on 9 June 2025
Ismail Abu Hatab (also given as al-Khatab), freelance photojournalist, killed in an Israeli airstrike - killed with a 230-kilogram bomb - on Al-Baqa Café, a beachfront venue with internet in western Gaza City, on 30 June 2025. He is reported to have survived an attack in November 2023. Among the two dozen others killed was artist Frans Al-Salmi: her last painting was of a person killed in an explosion
Ahmad Abu Eisha, correspondent for Palestine Today TV, killed in an Israeli drone attack: the PJS said he was directly targeted by Israeli drone fire while standing in front of his home west of Nuseirat refugee camp on 10 July 2025
Tamer Rabhi Rafiq Al Za'anin, freelance journalist, killed by direct gunfire from Israeli forces in the Al-Mawasi area on 22 July 2025
Walaa Al Jabari, journalist, killed along with her entire family and her unborn child in Israeli bombing of her home in Gaza City on 23 July 2025
Adam Abu Harbid (also given as Abu Harbeed), photojournalist, killed along with his family in an Israeli airstrike on their tent the Yarmouk area in central Gaza City on 24 July 2025
Ibrahim Mahmoud Hajaj, photojournalist, killed as a result of Israeli shelling in the Al-Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City on 30 July 2025

Anas al-Sharif, prominent correspondent for Al Jazeera, killed in an Israeli drone strike on a journalists' tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city on 10 August 2025. (NUJ statement here and IFJ here.) Israeli armed forces announced explicitly that they had targeted him. In doing so they repeated earlier claims that Anas was "a Hamas operative" - on 29 July 2025 the IFJ joined Al Jazeera in denouncing this claim as "a smear campaign by the Israeli military against its journalists" - as did Irene Khan, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression. Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee made less specific threats against Anas on 10 August 2024 and the IFJ denounced these at the time. Anas repored threatening phone calls in December 2023. His final statement, prepared in April, is currently here and here: "Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp."
Mohammed Qreiqeh, correspondent for Al Jazeera, killed in the Israeli drone strike on a journalists' tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city on 10 August 2025
Ibrahim Zaher, camera operator for Al Jazeera, killed in the Israeli drone strike on a journalists' tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city on 10 August 2025
Moamen Aliwa, camera operator for Al Jazeera, killed in the Israeli drone strike on a journalists' tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city on 10 August 2025
Mohammed Noufal, freelance driver and camera operator for Al Jazeera, killed in the Israeli drone strike on a journalists' tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city on 10 August 2025
Mohammad al-Khaldi, freelance journalist, killed in the Israeli drone strike on a journalists' tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city on 10 August 2025
Marwa Musallam (also given as Marwa Ashraf Mushallam and Marwa Muslim), who hosted the daily morning programme on Al-Shabab ("youth") radio, reported killed in an Israeli attack on her home on 1 August 2025; her remains were recovered on 16 August 2025
Mohammed Mustafa Al-Madhoun, Palestine TV cameraman, killed while covering events in the Zikim area, northern Gaza Strip, on 23 August 2025
Hossam Al-Masri, a photographer and camera operator working for Reuters news agency, killed in the first strike of an Israeli "double-tap" airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis on 25 August 2025
Mohammed Salama, a photojournalist working for Al Jazeera, killed in an Israeli "double-tap" airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, alongside rescue workers, as he responded to the first "tap", on 25 August 2025
Maryam Abu Deqa (given by AP as Mariam Dagga), a journalist working for several media such as Associated Press and Independent Arab, killed in an Israeli "double-tap" airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, alongside rescue workers, as she responded to the first "tap", on 25 August 2025
Moaz Abu Taha, a freelance journalist working for NBC news, killed in an Israeli "double-tap" airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, alongside rescue workers, as he responded to the first "tap", on 25 August 2025
Ahmed Abu Aziz, a freelance journalist working for Middle East Eye, killed in an Israeli "double-tap" airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, alongside rescue workers, as he responded to the first "tap", on 25 August 2025

In the West Bank

Shatha al-Sabbagh, a journalism student reported killed in Jenin in the West Bank on 29 December 2024; Haaretz reports her family saying she was shot by Palestinian Authority (PA) forces; the BBC reports the PA blaming members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad or of Hamas
Awdah Hathaleen (also given as Odeh Hadalin and Awdah Hadhaleen), contributor to +972 magazine, fixer, contributor to the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land and anti-eviction activist, shot by an Israeli settler in his village of Umm al-Kheir near Masafer Yatta and south of al-Khalīl/Hebron on 28 July 2025

In Lebanon

Issam Abdallah, a videographer, was killed and two other Reuters journalists, Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh, were wounded on 13 October 2023. Al Jazeera reported that cameraperson Elie Brakhia and reporter Carmen JoukHassan Aslihr were also wounded. AFP (Agence France-Presse) news agency reported that two of its reporters, Christina Assi and Dylan Collins, were also among those injured. An investigation by Reporters Without Borders was just the first to conclude that they were specifically targeted
Farah Omar, a Lebanese reporter for the (Hezbollah-affiliated) Al-Mayadeen TV, killed on 21 November 2023 by an Israeli air strike on her car in the Tayr Harfa area in southern Lebanon
Rabih Al Maamari, a Lebanese cameraperson for Al-Mayadeen TV channel, killed by an Israeli strike in the Tayr Harfa area in southern Lebanon on 21 November 2023; some reports say a civilian in the car was also killed
Kamel Karaki, camera operator for Al-Manar TV, killed in an Israeli air strike on Qantara town in south Lebanon on 24 September 2024
Hadi Al-Sayed, journalist for Al Mayadeen TV, killed by an Israeli air strike on his home on 25 September 2024
Ahmad Akil Hamzeh, driver and long-time collaborator of Italy’s public broadcaster RAI, died from a heart attack after a media crew was assaulted near Sidon in southern Lebanon: first an armed man, then a group of people attacked journalists while they were filming in the town of Jiyeh on 8 October 2024
Mohammed Reda, broadcast engineer for Al-Mayadeen TV, killed in an Israeli strike on the guesthouse he was staying with other journalists in southern Lebanon on 25 October 2024
Wissam Kassem (also given as Qassim), camera operator for Al-Manar TV, killed in an Israeli strike on the guesthouse he was staying with other journalists in southern Lebanon on 25 October 2024
Ghassan Najjar, camera operator for Al-Mayadeen TV, killed in an Israeli strike on the guesthouse he was staying with other journalists in southern Lebanon on 25 October 2024

In Syria

Safaa Ahmed Syrian State TV news anchor, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Damascus on 1 October 2024

In Israel

Yaniv Zohar, a photographer working for the Israeli Hebrew-language daily newspaper Israel Hayom, killed during a Hamas attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel
Roee Idan, a photographer for the Israeli newspaper Ynet, killed with his wife and daughter in a Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 on Kibbutz Kfar Aza

The Committee to Protect Journalists initially listed the following two Israeli citizens as having been killed in connection with their journalism on 7 October 2023, and later clarified that they were killed while attending the music festival near kibbutz Re'im.

Shai Regev, an editor for the gossip and entertainment news section of the Hebrew-language daily newspaper Ma'ariv, killed during a Hamas attack on Israel
Ayelet Arnin, a news editor with the Israel Broadcasting Corporation Kan, killed during a Hamas attack in the south of Israel

In Iran

Fereshteh Bagheri, a reporter for the Defa Press news agency and the daughter of Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, was killed alongside her father in an Israeli strike that targeted the family home in Tehran on 13 June 2025
Saleh Bairami, who worked for Andishe Pooya magazine and other media, was killed while on the street in an Israeli air strike that hit Tehran on 15 June 2025
Nima Rajabpour, a news editor for Iran's state television, killed in the Israeli airstrike on its headquarters on 16 June 2025. Masoumeh Azimi, a secretarial staff member, was killed in the same Israeli airstrike

The International Federation of Journalists reports that two journalists were being held at Evin Prison when an Israeli airstrike hit its front gate on 23 June 2025; their fate is not known. At least two other journalists are imprisoned by Iran. On 23 June 2025 the NUJ condemned the detention of the mother, brother and father of a journalist with Iran International, a TV channel opposed to the government in Tehran and based in London, and their being forced to demand her resignation.

On 16 September 2024 Turkey's Anadolu agency reported that the killing of Abdullah Shakshak brought its total of journalists killed by the state of Israel in Gaza to 173. On 25 July 2024 it had publicly released photos of 163. We have not yet established who it is including that the IFJ is not.

The 163 journalists that Turkey's Anadolu agency said had been killed by the state of Israel in Gaza by 25/07/24

Image © Omar Zaghloul / Anadolu Agency

More reported killings in Gaza and Lebanon:

We are checking further reported deaths. If anyone is bothering to issue false reports of journalists being killed, it's surely a sort of back-handed recognition of the importance of journalism... The names below include some listed by the Palestinian Authority about whom we have no further details or who we have failed to match with the differently-transliterated names above. Dates are approximate.

Mohammed Hammo, a writer for We Are Not Numbers, reported killed along with his entire family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Gaza
Rajah Al-Naqeeb
Aeid Al-Najjar
Anas Abushmala
Ali Nasman
Hany Al-Madhoun
Abdelrahman Shehab
Mohammed Al-Hasani
Mohammed Al-Shorbajei
Eman Aloqeili
Mahmoud Abuzarefa
Huthaifa Al-Najjar
Haitham Harrara
Mustafa Alnaqeeb
Mousa Al-Bursh
Jamal Haneya
A'laa Al-Nemer
Mohammed Farajallah - reported shot by an Israeli sniper in northern Gaza
Mahmoud Salem
Abdelhameid Al-Qerenawy
Hamada Al-Yazji
Alaa Taher Al-Hassanat, a journalist and presenter at AlMajedat Media Network, reported killed, along with multiple members of her family, in an Israeli airstrike that hit her house in the Gaza Strip (The CPJ now mentions reports that she may have survived the attack.)
Ahmed Abu Absa, reported killed in an Israeli attack
Hanan Ayyad, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on 12 December 2023: "her brother said she had went out to bring food & blankets for her two hungry children & her injured cousins at the Baptist Hospital"
Adel Zourob, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in Rafa
Diaa al-Kahlot, reported detained in Northern Gaza, on 12 December 2023, in poor health, status unknown
Khamis Hussain, reported killed in Bureij Camp, central Gaza, on 15 December 2023
Rizq Arrouq, journalist and professor of media, reported killed in an airstrike on his house in Gaza, along with members of his family on 22 December 2023
Nermine Haboush, reported killed on 31 December 2023 along with her baby and mother in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Gaza City
Iyad Ahmad Al-Rawag (also given as Iyad Rawagh), reported killed on 25 January 2024 in an Israeli airstrike targeting his house in Nuseirat camp
Essam Al-Loulou, TV presenter, reported killed with members of his family in an Israeli air strike on 28 January 2024
Suad Skaik, reported killed on 28 January 2024 in Gaza City (one report says she suffered a cardiac arrest)
Zakariya Fathi Abu Ghali, reported killed on 7 February 2024 alongside his mother Maha Daifallah Abu Ghali and his sister Hanin in an Israeli missile strike on their home in Rafah
Rizq al-Gharabli, reported killed on 8 February 2024 in an Israeli strike on his family’s house in Al-Amal neighbourhood, west of Khan Yunis
Yasser Mamdouh, reported shot dead by Israeli army snipers in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on 11 February 2024
Muhammad Shaniura, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City on 13 February 2024
Mutaz Al-Ghafari, reported killed along with his wife and child in an Israeli airstrike on 14 February 2024
Ihab Nasrallah, journalist, reported killed in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City after being targeted by Israeli forces, Al Jazeera further reports, saying that his wife was also killed and their three children were badly burned on 21 February 2024
Musab Abu Zaid, reported killed on 23 February 2024 in an Israeli attack on his home in the central Gaza strip
Bilal Sameer Jamal Al-Esi, photographer, reported killed alongside many others on 29 February 2024 while trying to get food for his family
Bassam Hassouna, writer and journalist, reported killed on 21 March 2024
Mahmoud Imad Issa, reported killed on 23 March 2024
Abdulwahab Awni Abu Oun, photojournalist, reported killed in an Israeli attack in central Gaza on 31 March 2024
Mohammad Al-Sayyed Abu Skheil, a reporter for Voice of Al Quds radio, reported killed in an Israeli air strike on Al Shifa hospital on 3 April 2024
Tareq Abu Skheil, a reporter for Voice of Al Quds radio, reported killed in an Israeli air strike on Al Shifa hospital on 3 April 2024
Amna Homaid, "journalist; she was a poet and a feminist activist", reported by Al Jazeera killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Shati camp, in the Western part of Gaza city on 24 April 2024
Moataz Mustafa Al-Ghafrit, a photojournalist for the Ard Canaan website and the Palestinian Media Corporation, named on 16 May 2024 by the Gazan Government Media Office as having been killed
Amna Mahmoud Hamid, a presenter and newspaper editor for a number of media outlets, named on 16 May 2024 by the Gazan Government Media Office as having been killed
Mohammad al-Hobi, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in Rafah on 17 May 2024
Mohammad Jajouh, of the Palestine Post, reported by Al-Andalou agency killed alongside members of his family in an Israeli attack on Gaza City on 17 May 2024
Abdullah al Najjar, reported killed on 19 May 2024
Ahlam al Ejla, reported killed in Gaza around 7 June 2024
Dina al Batneeji, reported killed around 7 June 2024
Mahmoud Qassem, a photojournalist, reported killed on 17 June 2024 or 15 June 2024
Muhammad Al-Sakani, a journalist with Al-Quds TV, reported killed in an Israeli attack on the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on 5 July 2024
Salama Jumaa al-Hashash, reported by Iran's PressTV and by Quds News Network killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family’s home in Rafah on 8 July 2024
Mohammad Abu Ermana, reported killed in the Mawasi displaced persons' camp on 13 July 2024
Mohammed Jaser, reported to have been a journalist for Al-Risala magazine and to have been killed along with his wife, his two young children, and his mother in an Israeli attack on 20 July 2024
Mu'tasim Mahmoud Ghorab (also given as Motasem Ghorab), reported killed with his family by an Israeli bomb on his home in Al-Nuseirat camp on 20 July 2024
Haidar Al-Masdar (also given as Haydar Lemsaddar), variously described as a journalist, media activist, political researcher, reported killed in an Israeli drone attack on a journalists' tent at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah on 22 July 2024
Mohammad "Medo" Halimy, a TikTok content creator with 294,100 followers, reported on 27 August 2024 to have succumbed to wounds received in an Israeli airstrike
Abdullah Shakshak, reported by Anadolu agency killed by Israeli forces on 16 September 2024
Baraa Ali Dgeesh, reported killed in Israeli bombing of the Al Assar family house in Al Nuseirat refugee camp on 2 November 2024
Zahra Abu Sakheil, reported killed, along with her father and brother Ahmad, in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, on 8 November 2024
Ahmad Abu Sakheil, reported killed, along with his father and sister Zahra, in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, on 8 November 2024
Mohammed Khreis, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent in the Al-Sawarha area, west of Nuseirat refugee camp on 10 November 2024
Zeinab Salim Ghosn, photographer, reported killed with her family in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Joun in Lebanon on 12 November 2024
Mohannad Khaled, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on 24 November 2024
Mohammad Awad, photographer for Al Andalou agency, reported killed by Israeli forces "covering Beit Lahia’s ethnic cleansing" on 4 December 2024
Assam al-Qishaoui, photojournalist, reported killed on 2 January 2025
Ahlam al-Taluli (or Atlouli (also given as a-Taluli), journalist and photographer reported by B'Tselem killed in an airstrike on 13 January 2025
Alaa Asaad Hashem, reported having died on 14 March 2025, during the formal ceasefire, from injuries sustained in an earlier Israeli airstrike
Bilal Abu Matar, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on 15 March 2025, during the formal ceasefire
Mahmoud Al-Sarraj, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on 15 March 2025, during the formal ceasefire
Mahmoud Sleem, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on 15 March 2025, during the formal ceasefire
Husam Al-Titi, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home, on 19 March 2025
Muhammad Salih Muhammad al-Bardawil. a radio anchor at Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, reported killed along with his wife and three children in an Israeli airstrike on his apartment in the Emirati neighbourhood of Khan Younis on 31 March 2025
Marwa Ayyad, admin of Nuseirat News Network, a local Telegram channel, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat, central Gaza, along with her uncle and six other people on 5 May 2025
Noor al-Din Abdu, reported killed in an Israeli bombardment of Al-Karama School in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City on 7 May 2025
Ahed Shtat, photographer, reported killed in an Israeli attack on a food kitchen in the Jorat Al-Lout area of Khan Yunis on 10 May 2025
Assam Islayeh, reported by Middle East Eye killed in an Israeli drone strike while he was receiving treatment in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis for wounds received in the Israeli attack on 7 April 2025 on a media tent outside the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza - on 13 May 2025
Noor Qindil (also given as Nour Qandeel), reported killed alongside her husband, journalist Ahmad Al-Zainati and their infant daughter in an Israeli strike on their home in Deir al-Balah on 18 May 2025
Khaled Abu Sayf, reported killed alongside his wife journalist Noor Qindil and their infant daughter in an Israeli strike on their home in Deir al-Balah on 18 May 2025
Ahmad Al-Zainati, reported killed along with his wife Noor Al-Madhoun and their two young sons in an Israeli airstrike on displacement tents at the Sanabil camp in Khan Younis on 18 May 2025
Mohammad Amin Abu Daqqa, reported killed in an Israeli drone strike in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis on 20 May 2025
Bilal Al-Hatoum, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Saftawi on 23 May 2025
Yousef Hamad Al-Nakhala, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike targeted his home in the Al-Nafaq area of Gaza City on 31 May 2025
Hamed Ismail Al-Astal, reported by Middle East Monitor killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a tent sheltering displaced persons west of Khan Younis on 5 June 2025
Amin Fathi Hamdan, reported in Tweets killed with his wife Diana Ibrahim and their two daughters, Jouri and Julia, in an Israeli airstrike on their tent outside Nasser hospital on 22 June 2025; possibly the same person as Amin Hamdan, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his home in Al-Zawayda in central Gaza - which is 13 km away
Mahmoud Abu Sharbi, reported killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on 25 June 2025
Hanan Eqelan, reported in a Tweet killed with her family members in Israeli bombing of their home in Gaza City on 25 June 2025
Mahmoud Essa, photographer, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike outside his home - after surviving an earlier strike in which he lost an eye and a leg - on 25 June 2025
Ahmed Saad, reported killed when Israeli forces bombed a group of civilians in Al-Tuffah on 27 June 2025
Baraa Al-Najjar, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike near the Halawa roundabout in Jabalia on 30 June 2025
Muhammad Imad Al-Sultan, reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family home, along with his father-in-law and director of the Indonesian hospital Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, and the latter's wife and five offspring, on 2 July 2025
Ahmad Akram al Hanawi Zaqout, reported in a Tweet to have been killed alongside his brother, wife and two children in an Israeli airstrike on his home on 6 July 2025
Ahmad Abu Isha, reported killed in an airstrike at home on 10 July 2025
Fadi Khalifa, journalist, reported killed in an Israeli attack as he visited his home in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood on 13 July 2025
Hossam al-Adlouni, journalist, reported killed along with his wife and three children in an Israeli airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced families in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis on 13 July 2025
Ibrahim Hajjaj, reported killed in an airstrike on 30 July 2025
Wisam Al Madhoun, reported killed by Israeli bombardment on 4 August 2025
Zyad Al-Razzi, an employee of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, reported killed In an Israeli strike on his home in Al-Zaytoun on 11 August 2025
Islam Ali Al-Koumi, content creator for several media platforms, reported killed in Israeli bombing of jis home on 18 August 2025

Doubt and sudden certainty

Then there is the case of Abdallah Al-Jamal, killed during a raid on 8 June 2024 that rescued four hostages held by Hamas. The New York Post was among the outlets to report immediately that he was a journalist and that three hostages had been held in his home; others have claimed that they were held in a different apartment in the block.

Al Jazeera said in a statement: "Abdullah Al-Jamal has never worked with the network, but had contributed to an op-ed in 2019. The network also stresses that these allegations are a continuation of the process of slander and misinformation aimed at harming Al Jazeera’s reputation, professionalism, and independence. It calls for accuracy before publishing any of these allegations." He was widely reported to be working as a press officer for the Hamas administration of Gaza. A publication called the Palestine Chronicle, produced in Olympia, Washington State, US, claimed him as its correspondent.

Of course some took the story as evidence that every journalist - indeed every man, woman and child - killed in Gaza deserved to die. As late as 22 June 2024 the Daily Telegraph used it to attack the BBC.

Families are being killed

It is impossible to keep track of the number of journalists who have lost some - or all - of their families to action of the state of Israel. To give some examples among many:

On 25 October 2023 two Palestinian journalists learned that their families had been killed - in what many believe were targeted attacks. These came after US Secretary of State Tony Blinken reportedly told the Prime Minister of Qatar "turn down the volume" of reporting by Al Jazeera.

Middle East Eye reports that Muhammad Al-Farra received the news that his wife and children had killed by an Israeli air strike on the city of Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza, while he was covering a protest in the West Bank city of Al-Birah.

Al Jazeera reports that family of the bureau chief of Al Jazeera Arabic, Wael Al-Dahdouh, were killed in an Israeli air raid. He was live on air when he learned that his wife, son, daughter and grandson were dead.

Wael Al-Dahdouh returned to work the next day.

Greetings and solidarity to Wael Dahdouh and colleagues reporting from Gaza

Wael's remaining son, Hamza, also a journalist, was killed in an Israeli attack on the car he was travelling in with two other journalists on 7 January 2024.

On 5 November 2023 France24 reported that a car following that of journalist Samir Ayoub was targeted by Israeli armed forces in southern Lebanon, injuring him and killing his sister and her three grandchildren.

On 27 November 2023 it was reported that as writer Mosab Abu Toha (@mosababutoha) was trying to move south from northern Gaza he was pulled away from his family at an Israeli "filtering" checkpoint and bussed into the Naqab desert for interrogations. "His well-connected editors at the @nytimes, @newyorker etc were able to get the IDF to free him." He later Tweeted: "I'm safe but still have pain in nose and teeth after being beaten by Israeli army. I gave them all my family's passports, including my American son's but they didn't return anything. Also my clothes & my children's were taken and not returned to me. No wallet, money, credit cards."

On 11 December 2023 the father of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was killed in an Israeli attack on his home in the Jabalia refugee camp in Northern Gaza. The CPJ and the IFJ noted that Anas reported receiving threats from Israeli military officers by phone. The CPJ noted with alarm a "pattern of journalists in Gaza reporting receiving threats, and subsequently, their family members being killed". Anas himself was killed on 10 August 2025.

On 27 November 2023 Mohammed Balousha reported on Al Mashhad TV that four premature babies had died alone in their incubators because they had to be left behind at al-Nasr Children's Hospital after Israel forced the staff to evacuate and reneged on a promise to allow ambulances through. On 16 December 2023 Balousha was shot in the thigh while reporting Gaza's communications blackout. He later told the Washington Post: "I was wearing everything to prove that I was a journalist, but they deliberately targeted me, and now I am struggling to get the treatment necessary to preserve my life". Ambulances were prevented from reaching him. It took him six hours to climb up a flight of stairs to reach a trauma kit, reportedly supplied by the IFJ Safety Fund. As far as we know he has still not managed to get the treatment he needs for the double fracture in his thigh.

On 8 January 2024 Ahmed Al Batta's mother, sisters and their children were killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis, in the south of Gaza.

There are too many cases of journalists being injured and journalists' families being killed to keep up. On 24 February 2024 freelance photojournalist Abdullah Al-Hajj was seriously injured by an Israeli drone while filming scenes of destruction in Al-Shati camp in northern Gaza. It was reported that both his legs had to be amputated. He was struck less than a week after the iconic image below was widely distributed.

A still from drone footage of Gaza City, shot for UNWRA and broadcast by the BBC on 15 February 2024

Image © Abdullah Al-Hajj for UNWRA

‘Because of their work’

Reporters sans frontières attracted opprobrium for headlining on 14 December 2023 a statement that 13 journalists had been killed in Gaza "because of their work" up to 1 December. The organisation did go on to note that the total "rises to 56 if we include all journalists killed in the Gaza Strip" - but when people do not read beyond headlines, still less dissect the footnote on methodology... and when we are unlikely ever to discover how many of the journalists' homes and families were deliberately targeted, because that would involve discussing military secrets about the effectiveness and prevalence of so-called "precision" weapons... this is sub-optimal.

Israeli government group denounces journalists as terrorists 02/04/24

Israel is deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza: Experts Justin Salhani at Al Jazeera on key cases - 23/09/24

Journalists’ service: Without fear or favour

An annual service to commemorate all journalists, photographers, camera-crew, sound-crew and support staff who have died on the frontline, was held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, on Tuesday 7 November 2023. The Freelance contribution to the service was the number 53 - the total we then knew of - and Culture Minister John Whittingdale mentioned the number in an address that focused on the government's National Action Plan for the Safety of Journalists. We continue to assist the Journalists' Church with updating the list of the fallen - of all faiths and none - displayed on the journalists' altar.

The Palestinian Authority - controlled by the Fatah party and located in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank - in December 2023 issued photographs of 75 journalists that it says had been killed in Gaza. See this 16 MB image

The PJS reported in November 2023 that at least 50 media organisations' headquarters in Gaza have been destroyed, including those of Al-Jazeera, the French agency AFP, and dozens of local radio stations, channels, and agencies.

Reporting is of course hindered by the intermittent cutting of all internet and cellphone communication from Gaza, starting on 27 October 2023.

In the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories - the West Bank and Jerusalem - more than 50 journalists have been detained, preventing crews from working. The PJS reports physical assaults including beatings, and confiscation and destruction of journalists' equipment.

Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israeli troops while reporting for Al Jazeera in Jenin - in the occupied West Bank - on 11 May 2022. Branch member Pennie Quinton organised a memorial service and the order of service named 46 journalists killed covering the Israel-Palestine conflict between 2000 and May 2022.

A report dated 5 September 2023 by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory prepared in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution S-30/1 concludes that "the Israeli security forces used lethal force without justification under international human rights law and intentionally or recklessly violated the right to life of Shireen Abu Akleh." The IFJ continues to call for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate.

On 27 October 2023 the shrine erected where Shireen was killed was bulldozed at 3am.

On 4 January 2024 Shatha Hanaysha wrote: "Today, the Israeli forces directly fired at me and my colleagues while we were covering a raid near Jenin [in the north of the West Bank]. The experience of running for my life, dodging bullets alongside my colleagues, brought me back to 11 May. I remembered Sherin Abu Akleh [who was shot on that day in 2022]. I recalled our attempt to escape."

On 19 October 2023 the International Federation of Journalists issued an appeal to journalists everywhere to respect the professional principles of the Global Ethics Charter, notably that "the notion of urgency or immediacy in the dissemination of information shall not take precedence over the verification of facts and sources". It says: "Unverified information, unsourced videos and images from social networks: the war between Hamas and Israel is also a war of communication... the professional principles of journalists must be absolutely respected. The duty is to provide information in the public interest."

As a sub-editor, our sympathy lies with whoever it was at the UN Human Rights Office who passed a press release on 14 December 2023 stating that Mustafa Ayyash, of Gaza Now, had been killed. As the correction that the Office issued in April 2024 states, it was his cousin, photographer Mohamed Mouin Ayyash, who was killed, as we correctly reported at the time. That didn't stop the usual suspects claiming that every report is a lie - when Mustafa Ayyash was raided in Austria on 27 March 2024 on suspicion of funding Hamas.

5 August 2025

We record the saddest sub-editing task of the year so far: ensuring that every date given specifies the year, because this damn thing has been going on so bloody long. In the process we removed the entry for Muhammad Abu Rizk, a photographer for the "News" agency, reported killed in October 2023 but no longer listed anywhere else that we can find.

War in Gaza: Journalists are under attack ifj.org

Israel must commit to protecting journalists ifj.org

Gaza: Safety Advisory for journalists covering the war ifj.org

A case study in misinformation in Israel's war on Gaza

In war, free reporting is more important than ever

Israeli government group denounces journalists as terrorists 02/04/24

Is Israeli 'AI' killing journalists? still a crime...

Uncertain casualties

All figures are approximate and it will be years before we get a definitive account - if there are still historians. Many sources, including the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA OPT) initially gave the number of Israeli citizens killed on 7 October 2023 as 1400. Unlike standard OCHA practice this number included some non-civilians.

As an illustration of the uncertainty only, Wikipedia in November 2023 listed 308 Israel Defence Force (IDF) soldiers, 10 Shin Bet (internal security service) agents and 58 police officers (current claim here). How many of the total were killed by the IDF alongside their attackers is an open question. How many of those killed in Gaza were Israeli hostages is unclear, as is the number that were paramilitaries. Probably the 1500 paramilitaries reported as killed inside Israel on 7 October 2023 are not included in any other figure.

On 10 November 2023 Israel's Foreign Ministry revised the death toll in the 7 October Hamas attack down to 1200. On 15 December 2023 it was further revised to 1139.

The accusation has frequently been thrown at the Gaza health authority that because it is "Hamas-controlled" its figures must be inflated. In contrast, on 4 November 2023 YNet news reported (in Hebrew): "senior security official: 20,000 were killed in the Gaza Strip, most of them terrorists" - at a time when the Gazan count was 9770.