The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war | Global development

Over the past 22 months, the war in Gaza has become the most deadly conflict for journalists in history.

Last week, five Palestinian journalists – Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Abu Dagga, Mohammed Salama, Ahmed Abu Aziz and Moaz Abu Taha – were killed in a double strike on Nasser hospital by the Israeli military, bringing the total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 to at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Other groups put the tally far higher.

Just one week before, another four Al Jazeera journalists and two freelancers were killed by a targeted Israeli strike on their tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The Israeli military said it deliberately targeted the Al Jazeera crew – the correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who had reported on the war since its outset, the reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh, the cameraman Ibrahim Zaher, and Mohammed Noufal, a crew driver and cameraman.

No evidence has ever been offered by the Israelis to substantiate their claim that Sharif was a Hamas terrorist. The CPJ and other organisations say that this claim is part of a pattern of misinformation – along with other cases where slain journalists have been labelled as Hamas fighters or operatives – and is without credibility.

The Israeli military has prevented international journalists from entering and reporting on the war, and has decimated Gaza’s own media community. Under international law, journalists should be protected civilians, yet the CPJ says that Israel is “engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented”.

“Palestinian journalists are being threatened, directly targeted and murdered by Israeli forces, and are arbitrarily detained and tortured in retaliation for their work. By silencing the press – those who document and bear witness – Israel is silencing the war,” the organisation said.

The Gaza Media Center says that 238 journalists and media workers have been killed in the conflict. Photograph: Gaza Media Center/Anadolu/Getty Images

Despite growing global condemnation and concerns over breaches of international law, Israel is continuing its military assault on Gaza and it is likely that more journalists will die as a result.

The Guardian is printing the names of all the Palestinian journalists listed by the CPJ as having died as a result of Israeli military action since October 2023 as part of a day of action in condemnation of the killings and in solidarity with those journalists who remain, reporting on the war in Gaza.

The names on this list not only constitute lost lives, futures and grieving families, but the loss of a generation of journalists killed doing their jobs in the most frightening and devastating of environments and whose bravery and dedication to covering this conflict cannot be replaced.

This list will continue to be updated as more deaths occur. The CPJ list stands at 189. The Gaza Media Center and other Palestinian media groups put the numbers higher, at 238; the UN human rights office puts the figure at 247.

Ahmed Abu AzizMohammed SalamaMoaz Abu TahaHussam al-MasriMariam Abu DaggaAnas al-SharifMohammed NoufalIbrahim ZaherMohammed QreiqehMoamen AliwaMohammad al-KhaldiIsmail Abu HatabMoamen Abu AlOuf

Journalist 9/6/25

East of Gaza City

Ahmad Qalaja

Journalist 6/6/25

Gaza City

Ismail Baddah

Journalist 5/6/25

Gaza City

Suleiman Hajjaj

Journalist 5/6/25

Gaza City

Hassan Abu Warda

Journalist 25/5/25

Jabalia al-Nazla

Hassan Samour

Journalist 15/5/25

Bani Suhaila

Ahmed al-Helou

Journalist 15/5/25

Khan Younis

Yahya Sobeih

Journalist 7/5/25

Rimal, Gaza City

Noureddine Abdo

Journalist 7/5/25

Tuffah, Gaza City

Fatma Hassouna

Journalist 16/4/25

Gaza City

Hilmi al-Faqaawi

Journalist 7/4/25

Khan Younis

Ahmed Mansour

Journalist 7/4/25

Khan Younis

Mohammed Mansour

Journalist 24/3/25

Khan Younis

Hossam Shabat

Journalist 24/3/25

Beit Lahia

Mahmoud Islim al-Basos

Journalist 15/3/25

Beit Lahia

Ahmed al-Shayyah

Journalist 15/1/25

Khan Younis

Ahmed Abu al-Rous

Journalist 15/1/25

Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Talmas

Journalist 14/1/25

Gaza City

Saed Abu Nabhan

Journalist 10/1/25

Nuseirat refugee camp

Omar al-Dirawi

Journalist 3/1/25

Zawaida, central Gaza

Areej Shaheen

Journalist 3/1/25

Nuseirat refugee camp

Hassan al-Qishawi

Journalist 2/1/25

Gaza City

Ayman al-Gedi

Journalist 26/12/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Faisal Abu al-Qumsan

Journalist 26/12/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Ladaa

Journalist 26/12/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Fadi Hassouna

Journalist 26/12/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Ibrahim Sheikh Ali

Media worker 26/12/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Sharafi

Journalist 18/12/24

Jabalia refugee camp

Ahmed al-Louh

Journalist 15/12/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Qrinawi

Journalist 14/12/24

al-Bureij refugee camp

Mohammed Balousha

Journalist 14/12/24

Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City

Iman al-Shanti

Journalist 11/12/24

Sheikh Radwan

Maisara Ahmed Salah

Journalist 30/11/24

Beit Lahia

Mamdouh Qanita

Journalist 30/11/24

Gaza City

Ahmed Abu Sharia

Journalist 19/11/24

Gaza City

Mahdi al-Mamluk

Media worker 11/11/24

Gaza City

Ahmed Abu Skheil

Journalist 9/11/24

Gaza City

Zahraa Abu Skheil

Journalist 9/11/24

Gaza City

Bilal Rajab

Journalist 1/11/24

Gaza City

Amr Abu Odeh

Journalist 31/10/24

al-Shati camp

Saed Radwan

Journalist 27/10/24

Gaza City

Nadia Emad al-Sayed

Journalist 27/10/24

Gaza City

Haneen Baroud

Journalist 27/10/24

Gaza City

Tareq AlSalhi

Journalist 15/10/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Tanani

Journalist 9/10/24

Jabalia refugee camp

AlHassan Hamad

Journalist 6/10/24

Jabalia refugee camp

Abdul Rahman BahrNour Abu Oweimer

Journalist 3/10/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Wafa al-Udaini

Journalist 29/9/24

Deir al-Balah

Mohammed Abed Rabbo

Journalist 27/8/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Hussam al-Dabbaka

Journalist 22/8/24

Maghazi refugee camp

Hamza Murtaja

Journalist 20/8/24

Rimal, Gaza City

Ibrahim MuharebTamim Abu Muammar

Journalist 9/8/24

Khan Younis

Mohammed Issa Abu Saada

Journalist 6/8/24

Khan Younis

Rami al-RefeeIsmail al-GhoulMohammed Abu Daqqa

Journalist 29/7/24

Khan Younis

Mohammed Abu Jasser

Journalist 20/7/24

Jabalia refugee camp

Mohamed Meshmesh

Journalist 15/7/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohamed Manhal Abu Armana

Journalist 13/7/24

Khan Younis

Amjad Juhjouh

Journalist 6/7/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Wafaa Abu Dabaan

Journalist 6/7/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Rizq Abu Shakian

Media worker 6/7/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Saadi Madoukh

Journalist 5/7/24

Gaza City

Mohammed al-Sakani

Media worker 4/7/24

Gaza City

Mohammed Abu Sharia

Journalist 1/7/24

Gaza City

Rasheed Albably

Journalist 6/6/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Ola Al Dahdouh

Journalist 31/5/24

Gaza City

Mahmoud Juhjouh

Journalist 16/5/24

Gaza City

Bahaaddine Yassine

Journalist 10/5/24

Gaza City

Mustafa Ayyad

Journalist 6/5/24

Gaza City

Salem Abu Toyour

Media worker 29/4/24

Nuseirat refugee camp

Ibrahim al-Gharbawi

Journalist 26/4/24

Khan Younis

Ayman al-Gharbawi

Journalist 26/4/24

Khan Younis

Mohammed Bassam al-JamalMustafa BahrMohamed Adel Abu Skheil

Media worker 28/3/24

Gaza City

Saher Akram Rayan

Journalist 25/3/24

Gaza City

Mohamed el Sayed Abu Skheil

Journalist 18/3/24

Gaza City

Tarek El Sayed Abu Skheil

Journalist 18/3/24

Gaza City

Mohamed el-Reefi

Journalist 15/3/24

Gaza City

Abdul Rahman SaimaMuhammad Salama

Journalist 5/3/24

Deir al-Balah

Mohamed Yaghi

Journalist 23/2/24

Deir al-Balah

Zayd Abu ZayedAyman al-Rafati

Journalist 14/2/24

Gaza City

Angam Ahmad Edwan

Journalist 12/2/24

Jabalia refugee camp

Alaa al-HamsYasser Mamdouh el-Fady

Journalist 11/2/24

Khan Younis

Nafez Abdel Jawad

Journalist 8/2/24

Deir al-Balah

Rizq al-Gharabli

Journalist 6/2/24

Khan Younis

Mohammed AtallahTariq al-Maidna

Journalist 29/1/24

Gaza City

Iyad el-RuwaghYazan al-Zuweidi

Journalist 14/1/24

Beit Hanoun

Mohamed Jamal Sobhi al-ThalathiniAhmed Bdeir

Journalist 10/1/24

Khan Younis

Shareef Okasha

Journalist 10/1/24

Deir al-Balah

Heba al-Abadla

Journalist 9/1/24

Khan Younis

Abdallah Iyad Breis

Journalist 8/1/24

Khan Younis

Mustafa Thuraya

Journalist 7/1/24

Nasr village, Gaza

Hamza al-Dahdouh

Journalist 7/1/24

Nasr village, Gaza

Akram ElShafieJabr Abu HadrousAhmed Khaireddine

Journalist 28/12/23

Beit Lahia

Ahmad Jamal al-Madhoun

Journalist 24/12/23

Gaza City

Mohamad al-Iff

Journalist 24/12/23

Gaza City

Mohamed Azzaytouniyah

Media worker 24/12/23

Gaza City

Mohamed Naser Abu HuwaidiMohamed Khalifeh

Media worker 22/12/23

Gaza

Adel Zorob

Journalist 19/12/23

Rafah

Abdallah Alwan

Journalist 18/12/23

Jabalia refugee camp

Haneen Kashtan

Journalist 17/12/23

Gaza Strip

Assem Kamal Moussa

Journalist 17/12/23

Khan Younis

Samer Abu Daqqa

Journalist 15/12/23

Khan Younis

Ola AtallahDuaa Jabbour

Journalist 9/12/23

Khan Younis

Shaima el-GazzarHamada al-YazijiHassan Farajallah

Media worker 3/12/23

Gaza Strip

Abdullah Darwish

Journalist 1/12/23

Gaza Strip

Montaser al-Sawaf

Journalist 1/12/23

Gaza Strip

Adham HassounaMarwan al-Sawaf

Journalist 1/12/23

Gaza City

Mostafa Bakeer

Journalist 24/11/23

Rafah

Mohamed Mouin AyyashMohamed Nabil al-ZaqAssem al-Barsh

Media worker 22/11/23

Gaza City

Jamal Mohamed Haniyeh

Journalist 21/11/23

Gaza City

Ayat Khadoura

Journalist 20/11/23

Beit Lahia

Bilal Jadallah

Journalist 19/11/23

Zeitoun

Mossab Ashour

Journalist 18/11/23

Gaza Strip

Sari MansourMostafa al-Sawaf

Journalist 18/11/23

Gaza City

Hassouneh SalimAbdel Rahman al-Tanani

Journalist 18/11/23

Jabalia refugee camp

Amal Zohud

Journalist 18/11/23

Nuseirat refugee camp

Abdelhalim Awad

Media worker 18/11/23

Gaza Strip

Amro Salah Abu Hayah

Media worker 18/11/23

Gaza

Yacoup al-Borsh

Journalist 13/11/23

Jabalia refugee camp

Moussa al-Borsh

Journalist 12/11/23

Jabalia refugee camp

Ahmed al-Qara

Journalist 10/11/23

Khuza’a

Yahya Abu ManihMohamed Abu HassiraMohamad al-Bayyari

Journalist 2/11/23

Gaza City

Mohammed Abu HatabMajd Fadl ArandasIyad MatarImad al-WahidiMajed KashkoNazmi al-NadimYasser Abu NamousDuaa SharafJamal al-Faqaawi

Journalist 25/10/23

Khan Younis

Saed al-HalabiAhmed Abu MhadiTasneem BkheetIbrahim Marzouq

Media worker 24/10/23

Gaza

Mohammed Imad LabadRoshdi Sarraj

Journalist 22/10/23

Gaza Strip

Mohammed Ali

Journalist 20/10/23

Northern Gaza

Khalil Abu AathraSameeh al-NadyIssam BharMohammad Balousha

Journalist 17/10/23

Northern Gaza

Abdulhadi Habib

Journalist 16/10/23

Northern Gaza

Yousef Maher Dawas

Journalist 14/10/23

Beit Lahia

Salam Mema

Journalist 13/10/23

Gaza Strip

Husam MubarakAhmed Shehab

Journalist 12/10/23

Jabalia refugee camp

Hisham Alnwajha

Journalist 9/10/23

Gaza City

Mohammed Sobh

Journalist 9/10/23

Rimal district, Gaza

Saeed al-Taweel

Journalist 9/10/23

Rimal district, Gaza

Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi

Journalist 7/10/23

Gaza Strip

Mohammad Jarghoun

Journalist 7/10/23

Gaza Strip

Mohammed al-Salhi

Journalist 7/10/23

Gaza Strip