More Journalists Killed in Gaza Than in Both World Wars, Other Major Wars Combined
Israel hates truth. It kills Palestinian journalists in Gaza for the same reason it keeps western journalists out of Gaza: The more people see what's happening there, the less people support Israel.
From the Costs of War Project:
More journalists have been killed [by U.S.-backed Israeli Occupation Forces] in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 than in both World Wars and other major wars, combined.
Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on.
Between 147 – 232 journalists have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. In contrast, during World War II, 67 journalists were killed, according to one authoritative count.
Per population, the death toll of Palestinian journalists is roughly equivalent to the killing of 8,500 U.S. newsroom employees.
Risks to journalism are rising worldwide. In 2023, a journalist or other media worker was, on average, killed or murdered every four days. In 2024, it was once every three days.
“Across the globe, the economics of the industry, the violence of war, and coordinated censorship campaigns threaten to turn an increasing number of conflict zones into news graveyards, with Gaza being the most extreme example. Journalists, and journalism, are increasingly a casualty of war,” says Costs of War co-director Stephanie Savell. “Democracy and peace require a free press; militarism helps fuel rollbacks to democracy in more ways than one.”
Read the full report at the following link, authored by investigative journalist Nick Turse: https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2025/Turse_Costs%20of%20War_The%20Reporting%20Graveyard%204-2-25.pdf.
Join our live discussion on the costs of war to journalism on April 3 with Nick Turse and Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Azmat Khan.
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