Rights Group Says some People It Classified as Journalists Killed in Gaza Were Militants
An external audit backed the revised count after CPJ removed 22 names, reinstated six, and reclassified 12 cases.
- On Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists published a comprehensive review concluding Israeli forces are responsible for 191 journalist deaths in Gaza since October 2023.
- The Committee launched the review in June 2026 after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad published obituaries identifying listed individuals as combatants, prompting revised methodology excluding active military members.
- Adjustments included removing 22 individuals previously listed as media workers, reinstating six cases, and reclassifying 12 others, with researchers verifying entries through published materials and interviews with at least two new sources per case.
- Despite these adjustments, CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg stated Israeli forces "remain responsible for by far the majority of killings of journalists and media workers worldwide since 2023."
- Israel denies targeting journalists and maintains militants pose as reporters to collect intelligence, while critics accuse the country of deliberately targeting media to silence war coverage.
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“Gaza’s media ecosystem has been contaminated by proximity to Hamas and its allies,” HonestReporting told JNS. “This is something CPJ simply refuses to admit despite being shown, repeatedly, to be complicit in helping the system to perpetuate while placing the blame on Israel.”
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The Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday that 19 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire who it had previously identified as journalists or media workers were actually militants or participants in combat. After a review of its tally, it says Israeli forces have killed 191 Palestinian journalists and media workers since the start of the war...
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