The death toll of Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip has increased as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression against the territory since October 7, Al Jazeera reports.

“The number of journalists killed has risen to 117 since the start of the genocidal war on Gaza after the death of two fellow journalists, Fouad Abu Khammash and Muhammad Al-Thalathini,” the government media office in Gaza said in a statement.

The Israeli army “has been deliberately targeting Palestinian journalists since the beginning of the war, to prevent the reporting of the crimes it commits in Gaza,” it added.