Palestinian journalists protest targeting of colleagues in Gaza

Jodie GinsbergcPJ Chief Executive

That level of restriction is totally unprecedented,

Ginsburg said

It's hard to describe what it feels like to be in Gaza. The constant noise of the bombing, the explosions, the number of people killed, it's indescribable,

Safinaz al Louh, a freelance journalist in Gaza, told DW before the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was agreed in January

Because displacement was frequent, you came to settle in one place, and then you have to start all over again, knowing that nowhere is really safe,

Al Qaddoumi said via WhatsApp from Gaza

Jodie GinsbergcPJ Chief Executive

In many countries, there are journalists who operate as mouthpieces for authorities, political opposition or, in some cases, militant groups,

CPJ chief executive Jodie Ginsburg told DW at the end of January 2025, before the latest offensive

Carlos Martinez (soccer, born 1992)soccer player

This nightmare in Gaza has to end."

Carlos Martinez, CPJ's program director, condemned the March 24 attacks , saying in a statement

The international community must act fast to ensure that journalists are kept safe and hold Israel to account for the deaths of Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour, whose killings may have been targeted. Journalists are civilians, and it is illegal to attack them in a war zone,

the statement continued

As we tragically saw with the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022, no Palestinian journalist is too high-profile to be targeted or harmed,

Ruth says

The PA has a track record of detaining journalists and curbing coverage it doesn’t like,

Ruth says

There was an intimacy to his coverage, the way he documented his home and what was happening there, and because of this the outside world had grown to know him,

Ruth says

When a journalist is mistreated, it should be an international incident,

says Ruth

Charles is forced to cancel full day of visits ... King has to cancel visits after return to hospital”.

says the Daily Mail and the Times does likewise

Sometimes people forget the fact that we are also humans,

Khoudary continues

For the past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury … I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest – something I haven’t known in the past 18 months.”

He had already written a message to be published in the event of his death

Journalists have been literally living everything they have been reporting – we have been displaced, starved, dehydrated, not sleeping,

she says

The occupation's targeting of the movement's leaders and spokespersons will not break our will,

Hamas said Thursday

We never spoke of it.”

Asked about journalists using drones he told Forbidden Stories

A journalist shouldn’t be killed and should be protected under international law.”

She made clear that

At no point during this war did I receive an official document outlining the rules of engagement. And that’s a problem, because it leaves a lot of room for interpretation,

he said

The IDF cannot address operational directives and regulations as they are classified. However, every operational action or strike is mandated by IDF directives, which instruct commanders to apply the basic rules of the law of armed conflict,

they said

I certainly wouldn’t assume any wrongdoing if that drone and its operators were targeted (…) it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume they were part of an enemy force.”

He said