Witnesses in 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 not less than 50 – and maybe greater than 100 – journalists for the reason that 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, corresponding 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 for the reason that begin of hostilities.

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