Israel killed more journalists than any other army in given year: CPJ

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Reporting in Gaza has been severely restricted under intense Israeli bombardment, with repeated communications blackouts and a lack of food, fuel and housing, said the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), adding that foreign journalists have not been able to access the strip for most of the conflict independently.

“The Israel-Gaza war is the most dangerous situation for journalists we have ever seen, and these figures show that clearly,” said Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, TRT World reports.

“The Israeli army has killed more journalists in 10 weeks than any other army or entity has in any single year. And with every journalist killed, the war becomes harder to document and to understand.”

Read the full report here.

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