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IDF troops assemble at the Ofer military prison complex, between Ramallah and Beitunia in the West Bank, before releasing Palestinian prisoners as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange on February 15, 2025. (Zain Jaafar / AFP)
August 13, 2026, 10:25 am
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Awad detained by IDF in West Bank, family says
Military doesn’t comment; Palestinian groups say number of detained journalists now 40, pan ‘systematic policy of targeting Palestinian journalists’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Combo pictures clockwise from top left: Ahmed Abu Eisha in civilian attire and in Palestinian Islamic Jihad uniform. Mohamed Nased Abu Huwaidi with Press flak jacket and in Islamic Jihad uniform; Ahmed Abu al-Atta in football shirt and Palestinian Islamic Jihad uniform; Hussam al-Adlouni in civilian attire and in Hamas military wing uniform. (Pictures from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad social media, Facebook, social media; Used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 22, 2026, 12:32 pm
Finally naming their war dead, Gazan terror groups admit some slain journalists were fighters
A ToI review finds obituaries published by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in recent weeks include several figures previously identified as press; widely cited media advocacy database removes several names of fighters it had said were journalists
By Nurit Yohanan and Stav Levaton
Palestinian journalist Ali Samoudi before and after his release from yearlong Israeli administrative detention on April 30, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 9, 2026, 4:31 am
Palestinian journalist details Israeli food rations after losing 130 pounds in jail
Ali Samoudi, who was released last week without charge after yearlong administrative detention, says he was never questioned about Israeli allegation of ties to Islamic JIhad
By ToI Staff
Palestinian employees working for the Egyptian Committee for Gaza Relief gather around a body bag carrying two bodies at Nasser Hospital in Gaza City on January 21, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
January 21, 2026, 5:36 pm
Palestinians say Israeli attacks in Gaza kill 11, including 3 journalists, 2 children
IDF says strike on journalists targeted ‘suspects’ operating Hamas-affiliated drone near troops; army also says troops opened fire on several operatives who crossed Yellow Line
By Noam Lehmann, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Palestinian journalists carry posters and mock coffins with pictures of their colleagues who were killed during the war in Gaza and read "stop the media genocide, journalism is not a crime," during a symbolic funeral to commemorate the second anniversary of the war in Gaza, in front of the United Nations office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
January 1, 2026, 10:44 am
128 journalists killed worldwide in 2025, says press group, many of them in Gaza
Past year saw 56 press workers killed in Strip, says International Federation of Journalists; Israel says many ostensible members of press killed in war against Hamas were combatants
By AFP
Palestinian journalists march at the funeral of colleagues killed in Gaza City on August 11, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
December 21, 2025, 8:38 pm
High Court gives final extension for state to explain ban on press access to Gaza
After months of delays, judge scolds government, says it has until January 4 to respond; Foreign Press Association welcomes decision, calls for ‘unfettered’ press access
By Jeremy Sharon
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslaiah, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital, with the Israeli military saying he was targeted for being a Hamas terrorist involved in the October 7, 2023, onslaught in southern Israel that sparked the war, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
December 11, 2025, 5:36 pm
Majority of journalists killed in Gaza linked to terror organizations, study says
Meir Amit center finds 60% of media workers killed since October 2023 were tied to Hamas or Islamic Jihad, amid ongoing international criticism of Israel’s policies on reporters
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, a veteran Al Jazeera journalist who was shot and killed during clashes between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen while covering an IDF raid in Jenin on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Courtesy)
October 27, 2025, 11:06 am
US officer who probed Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing says IDF sniper knew he was firing at journalists
Col. Steve Gabavics tells NYT clues showed gunfire was deliberate, though Palestinian-American was not personally targeted, and Washington softened findings; others disagree
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators gather in solidarity with journalists killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, during a protest organised by the Gaza Journalists Syndicate, in Gaza City, on August 26, 2025. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
September 1, 2025, 2:24 pm
250 international media outlets protest Gaza journalist deaths, Israel slams ‘bias’
‘At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no-one left to keep you informed,’ says Reporters Without Borders, amid front-page protest
By Agencies and Nava Freiberg
People walk up the stairs to the site of an Israeli strike, minutes before a second strike hit the same spot, killing at least 22 people in total, including five journalists, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, August 25, 2025. This was one of the last photos taken by journalist Mariam Dagga, who freelanced for The Associated Press and other outlets, before she walked to the site and was killed in the second strike. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)
August 28, 2025, 11:27 am
AP journalist’s final pics show spot where she was killed by IDF at Nasser Hospital
Last images retrieved from Gaza freelancer Mariam Dagga’s camera show stairwell where Israeli tank shells hit, minutes before another strike killed her and several other journalists
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mourners carry the body of one of five journalists killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, during their funeral on August 25, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
August 25, 2025, 4:46 pm
IDF strike on south Gaza hospital said to kill 20, including rescuers and journalists
Footage from Nasser Hospital shows rescue workers at site of initial tank fire hit by second impact; IDF orders probe, says it ‘regrets any harm’ to civilians and ‘in no way’ targets journalists
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif reports in a broadcast segment posted to X on August 8, 2025. (Screenshot: X)
August 11, 2025, 6:00 am
IDF strike on Gaza City kills Al Jazeera reporter accused of being a Hamas cell leader
4 more journalists and 2 others said killed in strike targeting Anas al-Sharif, who posted on X minutes before his death; groups pan Israel; pro-Israel activists note Sharif backed Oct. 7
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Prominent Palestinian journalist Nasser al-Laham speaks to Al Mayadeen following his release from Ofer Prison, on July 16, 2025. (Screenshot: Youtube)
July 28, 2025, 11:43 pm
Palestinian journalist says Israeli prison guards beat him, filmed him naked
In Ofer Prison, ‘it doesn’t matter if you’re guilty or not guilty,’ says Nasser al-Laham, who was held for nine days before he was unconditionally released
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators and journalists gather to protest against hunger in the Rimal district of Gaza City on July 19, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
July 22, 2025, 11:43 am
France’s FM urges Israel to give foreign press free access to Gaza to ‘bear witness’
Top diplomat says he hopes to help evacuate some Palestinian reporters as French news agency warns its Gaza freelancers are in danger of starvation
By AFP and ToI Staff
Members of the press wait for a Red Cross convoy after Hamas's release of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, on Salah al-Din Street, east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, May 12, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
May 19, 2025, 12:07 am
High Court delays Gaza press access hearing for sixth time amid escalating offensive
Government has been granted repeated extensions to answer Foreign Press Association petition demanding journalists be allowed to undertake independent reporting inside Strip
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
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