A Tribute To The Brave Palestinian Journalists Risking Everything To Show The World The Truth
Israel killed more than 254 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, making it the deadliest period for journalists since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began collecting data in 1992.
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif have been risking — and paying with — their lives to report on the genocide of their own people in an effort to show the world the truth.
In response, Israel killed more than 254 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, making it the deadliest period for journalists since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began collecting data in 1992.
Among those killed, at least 26 were directly targeted and murdered by Israeli forces.
The CPJ has repeatedly warned that the Israeli military’s smear campaigns against Sharif, and many of his peers, such as Ismail al-Ghoul and Hossam Shabat, were manufacturing consent to kill them.
And yet, mainstream media outlets have responded with minimal coverage, often avoiding the words “killed by Israeli forces,” or framing their killings without naming the perpetrators.
Some reports have repeated unverified claims, failed to correct false information, or used passive language that obscures accountability.
As Carlos Martínez de la Serna, CPJ’s program director, said, “Every time a journalist is killed, injured, arrested, or forced to go to exile, we lose fragments of the truth.”
The killings are the result of a system that allows, excuses and repeats the deliberate targeting of journalists.
Until that system is confronted, the truth will keep being buried alongside those who risk everything to tell it.
Kassy Cho
Kassy Cho
Cherry Mohamed
