In addition, eight journalists were injured and three were reported missing or arrested.
Since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, hundreds of journalists, reporters, photographers and videographers have been on the front lines covering the war. However, doing their job comes at a high price.
At least fifteen journalists have been killed since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a statement on Monday. CPJ is an independent organization based in New York dedicated to defending press freedom and the rights of journalists worldwide.
Of the fifteen journalists killed, eleven were Palestinians, three Israelis and one Lebanese. In addition, eight journalists were injured and three were reported missing or arrested. The organization is also currently investigating more than 100 reports in which journalists are “murdered, missing, detained or threatened”.
Here is a list of the journalists killed during the conflict between Israel and Hamas
- Ibrahim Mohammed Lafi
- Mohammed Jarghoun
- Mohammed Al-Salhi
- Yaniv Zohar
- Ayelet Arnin
- Shai Regev
- Assaad Shamlach
- Hisham Alnwajha
- Mohammed Sobh
- Saeed al-Taweel
- Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar
- Ahmed Shehab
- Issam Abdullah
- Husam Mubarak
- Salam Mema
“Journalists are citizens doing important work in times of crisis and should not be targeted by warring parties. Journalists across the region are making great sacrifices to cover this heartbreaking conflict. All parties must take steps to ensure their security,” Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator, said in a statement.
The CPJ statement added that journalists in Gaza face particularly high risks as they try to cover the conflict in the face of a ground attack by Israeli forces, airstrikes, disrupted communications and extensive power outages.
Last Friday, a Reuters video journalist was killed and six other journalists were injured in southern Lebanon when rockets fired from Israel hit them. The group of journalists, including from Al Jazeera and Agence France-Presse, worked near Alma al-Shaab, close to the border with Israel, where the Israeli army and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah exchanged fire during border clashes.
Israeli UN envoy Gilad Erdan said in a briefing on Friday: “It is clear that we never want to hit, kill or shoot a journalist doing his job. But you know, we are in a state of war, things can happen.” happen.” He added that the country would investigate.
More than 4,000 people have died since the war began.
