At least 94 journalists have been killed in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported Wednesday.
As of March 6, CPJ preliminary investigations showed that 89 Palestinian, two Israeli, and three Lebanese journalists were among the list of those killed during the war between Israel and Hamas.
The last journalist to lose his life in the conflict was Mohammad Salama, a journalist with the Al-Aqsa satellite channel who was killed in an overnight airstrike in Deir Al-Balah, according to the Palestinian Media Office.
Salama was displaced from Gaza City and died along with several members of his family when an airstrike hit the house where he was sheltering in central Gaza, the Palestinian Media Office reported.
CPJ's list did not include Salama as of Wednesday, but said in a statement: “CPJ is also investigating numerous unconfirmed reports of other journalists killed, missing, detained, injured or threatened, and of damage to media offices and homes.” of journalists.”
“CPJ emphasizes that journalists are civilians who do important work in times of crisis and should not be targeted by parties to conflict,” said Sherif Mansour, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, in a statement. of the CJP, adding: “Journalists across the region are making great sacrifices to cover this heartbreaking conflict.
“Those in Gaza, in particular, have paid and continue to pay an unprecedented price and face exponential threats. “Many have lost colleagues, families and media facilities, and have fled for safety when there is no safe haven or exit.”
