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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
People walk up stairs to the site of an Israeli strike at Nasser Hospital, minutes before a second round of strikes hit the same spot in Khan Younis, in the 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. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)
December 9, 2025, 9:13 am
Media freedom group says Israel killed highest number of journalists again this year
Reporters Without Borders finds 29 Palestinian reporters killed by IDF in Gaza – out of 67 journalists killed this year worldwide; Israel has said some journalists killed during the war were in fact combatants
By AFP and 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
An Israeli soldier stands guard at the Hermon ski resort, bordering Syria and Lebanon, during a media tour organized by the IDF, January 8, 2025. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
January 8, 2025, 11:44 pm
IDF detains, then releases, French journalist in southern Syria buffer zone
Military says Sylvain Mercadier and his fixer ‘came too close to the soldiers, was questioned and then released,’ as Mercadier says he was humiliated, had his equipment stolen
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh (C) prays during the funeral of his son Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with the Al Jazeera television network, whom Israel killed in an airstrike in Rafah, saying he was a terrorist, January 7, 2024. (Mohammed Abed / AFP)
December 12, 2024, 5:04 pm
Media groups pan Israel with accusations of Gaza journalist ‘massacre’
Reporters Without Borders tallies 16 deaths, accuses IDF of trying to ‘eliminate’ reporters; Int’l Federation of Journalists claims ‘massacre’; Israel denies targeting journalists
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian journalists carry mock coffins of Palestinian journalists who were killed during the current war in Gaza during a symbolic funeral toward a United Nations office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
August 26, 2024, 11:35 am
Media, human rights groups urge EU to suspend accords with Israel, impose sanctions
60 organizations accuse Israel of killing ‘unprecedented number’ of journalists, committing other press freedom violations as it fights Hamas; IDF says it never targets journalists
By AFP and ToI Staff
Journalists take cover upon hearing warning sirens in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on the border with the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas, October 20, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
November 1, 2023, 4:12 pm
Media freedom group accuses Israel, Hamas of war crimes over deaths of 34 journalists
Reporters Without Borders urges international court ICC to investigate killings of reporters in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel during current war
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Police detain journalist Farida Rustamova holding a poster which reads 'Journalism Freedom,' during a protest outside the main headquarters of the country's top domestic security agency, the FSB, on Lubyanka Square in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 21, 2021 (AP Photo/Denis Kaminev, File)
May 3, 2023, 11:58 am
‘Freedom of the press is under attack’: UN sounds alarm over global assaults on media
Guterres stresses unfettered press is foundation of democracy, WSJ editor calls for Russia to free Evan Gershkovich; watchdog says 55 journalists, 4 media workers killed in 2022
By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS
US President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
July 25, 2022, 9:46 am
US conservatives embrace controversial far-right Hungarian PM seen as authoritarian
Viktor Orban, criticized for pushing anti-democratic principles, has become a hero to segments of the Republican Party; is set to attend Conservative Political Action Conference
By Nicholas Riccardi and Justin Spike
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi delivers a speech during the One Ocean Summit, in Brest, Brittany, February 11, 2022. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
June 30, 2022, 9:01 am
Egypt’s government sponsoring ‘campaign against journalism’ — media watchdog
Reporters Without Borders says state backing attacks on journalists with the complicity of ‘star presenters’ and mass media as ‘puppets’ of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi
By AFP
Ukrainian photographer and documentary maker Maks Levin poses in Kyiv on October 10, 2019. (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
June 22, 2022, 11:38 am
Ukrainian journalist, soldier killed in April were ‘coldly executed,’ watchdog says
Reporters Without Borders says it counted 14 bullet holes in the burned wreck of their car near disused Russian positions in woods north of Kyiv
By John Leicester
This studio photographic illustration shows a smartphone with the website of Israel's NSO Group which features 'Pegasus' spyware, on display in Paris, on July 21, 2021. (Joel Saget/AFP)
July 21, 2021, 9:43 pm
Denying mass spying claims, NSO says it’s victim of ‘an orchestrated campaign’
Israeli firm in spyware scandal says it won’t be responding further to ‘false allegations’ its surveillance was used on world leaders and hundreds of journalists
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the annual Cyber Week, at the Tel Aviv University, on July 21, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 21, 2021, 8:21 pm
Reporters Without Borders urges Israel to stop exporting spyware
Group calls on PM Bennett ‘to impose an immediate moratorium on surveillance technology exports’ after claims Israeli firm NSO’s tech was used to target heads of state, journalists
By AFP
In this October 2, 2019, photo, a Turkish police officer walks past a picture of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
March 2, 2021, 4:20 pm
Rights group accuses Bin Salman of crimes against humanity over Khashoggi murder
Reporters Without Borders files complaint in Germany against Mohammed bin Salman and 4 other officials over alleged involvement in murder of US-based journalist
By David Rising
Gholamreza Mansouri. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 17, 2020, 5:57 pm
Rights groups seek prosecution of ex-Iranian judge in Europe
Romania urged not to extradite Gholamreza Mansouri to home country on corruption charges and instead put him on trial for ordering mass arrest of journalists
By David Rising
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