The year 2025 was the deadliest on record for journalists worldwide — and Israel was responsible for the majority of those deaths. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 86 press workers were killed by Israeli fire, most of them Palestinians reporting from inside Gaza.
A forensic investigation by Earshot and Forensic Architecture has reconstructed, minute by minute, how Israeli soldiers killed 15 Palestinian aid workers in Tel al-Sultan in March 2025 — firing over 900 bullets at clearly marked ambulances, executing survivors at close range, and then burying the evidence.
A landmark report by the Committee to Protect Journalists documents how 58 of 59 Palestinian journalists released from Israeli custody since October 2023 describe being subjected to torture or abuse — including beatings, sexual violence, starvation, stress positions, and psychological threats against their families.
France demanded the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Palestine resign over a quote she never said — and maintained the demand after French media confirmed the misquotation. The campaign against Francesca Albanese reflects a broader European effort to silence the most rigorous international documentation of Israeli violations.
The CPJ’s 2025 annual census ranks Israel as the world’s third-worst jailer of journalists, with 29 Palestinian journalists behind bars — most in administrative detention without charge — while at least 265 Palestinian journalists have been killed and international press access remains banned.
Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Samir Shaath, and Anas Ghanem were targeted and killed by Israeli forces in a strike on their clearly marked vehicle while they filmed for an Egyptian government humanitarian initiative in central Gaza. Their deaths bring the total number of journalists killed in the conflict to more than 255 — and the man overseeing that killing has just been appointed to Trump’s “Board of Peace.”
A UK medical tribunal has cleared Palestinian surgeon and Glasgow University Rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah of all charges of antisemitism and professional misconduct — charges brought by UK Lawyers for Israel after he wrote a political opinion piece criticizing Palestinian elites.

Herzog Told Australian TV That Israel Bars Journalists from Gaza to Protect Them. At Least 265 Palestinian Journalists Have Been Killed.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog told Australian television that Israel bars journalists from Gaza to protect them — while at least 265 Palestinian journalists have been killed in the conflict. Thousands protested across Australia, citing his UN-documented role in inciting genocide.