US EditionIsrael responsible for two-thirds of 2025 media worker deaths: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists reported 86 press deaths caused by Israeli forces, marking 2025 as the deadliest year on record with 129 global journalist fatalities.
- A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, with Israel responsible for killing 86 members of the press, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists .
- Over 60% of the journalists killed by Israeli fire in 2025 were Palestinians reporting from Gaza.
- The CPJ warned that journalists are increasingly vulnerable due to a persistent culture of impunity, noting a lack of transparent investigations into killings.
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The Israeli army rejects "closely the allegations presented in the CPJ report", told the AFP an Israeli military spokesman, claiming that the Israeli forces are "not intentionally targeting journalists or members of their families".
Like the year before, Israel was responsible for two-thirds of the deaths of journalists worldwide last year.
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The Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) recorded 129 journalists killed worldwide in 2025, many of whom were killed in Gaza.
Last year, 129 journalists and media workers were killed around the world, the US-based non-governmental organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said today, noting that 2025 was the deadliest year for journalists since it began tracking the data more than three decades ago. Israel was responsible for two-thirds of the deaths.
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