Israel\u2019s systematic campaign of violence against Palestinian journalists since October 2023 has peaked in 2025 with the targeting of dozens of members of the press, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate says.<\/p>\n
In a statement released on Friday, the Freedoms Committee of the syndicate said Israel is implementing a policy of\u00a0\u201csilencing the press through killing, injury and permanent disability\u201d.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n \u201cThe Israeli occupation shifted from a policy of restricting journalistic work to a policy of neutralising the press through deadly force, with the aim of silencing witnesses, preventing the documentation of crimes, and undermining the Palestinian narrative on the ground,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n By the end of November 2025, at least 76 Palestinian journalists had been killed and wounded by Israel, a figure the committee described as a \u201cdangerous indicator of the escalating targeting policy\u201d pursued by Israeli authorities. \u201cJournalists are no longer merely \u2018potential targets\u2019, but rather confirmed and frequent targets,\u201d the committee said.<\/p>\n Over the past year, Israel killed several journalists in Gaza in targeted assassinations \u2013 most notably Al Jazeera\u2019s Anas al-Sharif \u2013 falsely claiming that they are members of Hamas.<\/p>\n Press freedom groups have been condemning the Israeli attacks on journalists, but the killings have proceeded with impunity. Israel has never arrested or charged any of its troops for killing journalists.<\/p>\n While the targeting of the press intensified during the genocidal war in Gaza, Israel has killed dozens of Arab journalists over the past two decades, including Al Jazeera\u2019s veteran correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank in 2022.<\/p>\n Muhammad al-Lahham, head of the Committee for Freedoms at the syndicate, said the scale and consistency of the attacks amount to international crimes.<\/p>\n The events of the past year, he said, \u201cconstitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, and represent a systematic targeting of a protected group, journalists, within the framework of an official policy to silence the media by force\u201d.<\/p>\n Al-Lahham rejected claims that journalists had been caught accidentally in hostilities, describing instead a deliberate operational logic. What Israel was enforcing, he said, was a \u201cfield doctrine based on the principle of \u2018no witnesses, no narrative, no image’\u201d.<\/p>\n In December, a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) found that Israel killed more journalists in 2025 than any other country.<\/p>\n The report described 2025 as \u201ca year of repeated mass targeting, particularly in tents, hospitals, and press gatherings\u201d, warning that Palestine had become one of the most dangerous places in the world to practise journalism.<\/p>\n Several Al Jazeera journalists have been among those killed, in some cases alongside members of their families.<\/p>\n In August, Israeli attacks killed al-Sharif and three other Al Jazeera journalists. They are among nearly 300 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza during the war over 26 months \u2013 an average of about 12 journalists a month \u2013 according to Shireen.ps, a monitoring website named after Abu Akleh.<\/p>\n Beyond fatalities, the committee documented a sharp rise in life-altering injuries. Many journalists suffered amputations, paralysis or blindness after strikes to the head, neck, chest and abdomen. The dangers did not come solely from the Israeli army, the report said, but also from settlers.<\/p>\n April and May marked what the committee called a phase of deliberate media massacres. On April 7 and 8, Israeli strikes hit a journalists\u2019 tent at Nasser Hospital, wounding nine reporters and destroying equipment. Several died of their injuries later.<\/p>\n This documented and recurring incident occurred and involved the use of heavy weaponry, \u201camounting to a complex war crime and a collective targeting of the press\u201d, the committee said.<\/p>\n By mid-2025, patterns of permanent disability had emerged. Journalist Akram Dalloul lost his sight, Jamal Badah had his leg amputated, and Muhammad Fayeq was left paralysed.<\/p>\n The committee stressed that most attacks occurred while journalists were clearly identifiable, wearing protective gear and press badges, and working in locations long recognised as media gathering points. Many were targeted repeatedly, it added, underscoring what it described as Israel\u2019s sustained assault on the Palestinian press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Israel\u2019s systematic campaign of violence against Palestinian journalists since October 2023 has peaked in 2025 with the targeting of dozens of members of the press, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate says. 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