Witnesses within the crosshairs – VoxEurop

Some observers are already calling it one of many deadliest wars for journalists in thirty years. Along with the catastrophic toll of greater than 22,000 Palestinians killed within the Gaza Strip, and greater than 1,200 Israelis murdered within the Hamas assault on 7 October, the battle between Israel and Hamas additionally seems to have resulted within the deaths of a minimum of 50 – and maybe greater than 100 – journalists because the newest hostilities started in October 2023.

The variety of journalists and different media staff killed throughout the battle varies broadly from one supply to a different – some, similar to Reporters With out Borders, distinguish between journalists killed “in reference to their work” and others. Different organisations level to the “unparalleled” nature of the toll paid by media professionals because the begin of hostilities.

Because the Western media not often have entry to the Gaza Strip, they’re immediately depending on native Palestinian and Israeli information producers, who threat their lives. In some instances, the journalists killed had been long-standing contributors to the European press, as freelancers or “fixers”.