189 Palestinian journalists have been killed since the war began in Gaza, according to a New York-based committee to protect journalists. They include men and women, freelancers and staff, veterans of the year on the field, and young reporters in some of their first missions. Some were killed with their families at home, while others were covered by vehicles marked “media” or tents near hospitals, or violence. Many endured the same conditions as they covered – hunger, displacement, sadness.
among them:
– Mariam Daga33. The visual journalist and 33-year-old mother was known for her human-centered reports from South Gaza, including Nasser Hospital, who was killed in an Israeli strike in August 2025. During the war she worked in Arabia, independent of the Associated Press. The strike that killed her also insisted on the lives of the rescuer and four other journalists.
– Anas al-Sharif28. The two fathers were killed in an Israeli strike in a tent outside Sifa in August 2025, days after it aired while reporting on the starvation death in Gaza. Strike – Killed 5 other journalists too – It encouraged a pouring of condemnation From press freedom groups and foreign officials.
– Hamza Dahdouh27. The son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza City Director General, was killed on a drone strike in January 2024 after leaving report assignments at the site of a previous strike in southern Gaza. He was the fifth member of the murdered family.
– Ayat Khadoura, 27. She became known for reporting on her bombs striking the Northern Gaza Strip, including one video she said in November 2023 that Israeli forces ordered Israeli forces to evacuate the moment before the strike hit her home and killed her.
– Hotsam Shabbat,twenty three. The northern Gaza freelancer was killed in March 2025 while reporting to Al Jazeera. Before the war, he told Beirut-based advocacy group he wanted to start a media company or work in a family restaurant.
Palestinians will carry the body of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al Sharif at a funeral outside the Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza city on Monday, August 11, 2025 (AP Photo/Jehad alshrafi, file)
– Fatima Hassona, 25. The photojournalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike in April 2025, the day after a documentary about her efforts to film everyday life amid the war in Gaza.
Israel has denounced some of the journalists who were murdered for their involvement in extremist groups, including Hamas and Islamic jihad. The Israeli military did not respond to Associated Press’ requests for comments on CPJ data.
Numbers and methodologies may vary between groups tracking journalist deaths. The CPJ said it would “independently investigate and verify the circumstances behind each death,” including examining the lack of involvement in journalists in extremist activities.
__Reported by Sam Metz of Jerusalem and Fatma Khaled of Cairo.
