Two journalists in Gaza killed by an Israeli airstrike, as press freedom on a global scale at risk
- Hossam Shabat, a 23-year-old journalist for Al Jazeera, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on March 24, 2025, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists .
- This incident marks at least the 173rd journalist killed in occupied Palestinian territory since Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, according to CPJ.
- Israel claims Shabat and other Al Jazeera journalists are linked to Hamas; however, CPJ calls these allegations unsubstantiated.
- Press freedom is under threat globally, with incidents reported in Turkey and actions by the Trump administration impacting independent journalism in the U.S.
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Israel is still bombing in the night. Two other journalists and at least 5 children killed
Two other journalists were killed in Gaza by the Israeli army. The first is Mohammed Mansour, 29, a correspondent for the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. The journalist died as a result of a missile explosion in his home in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, where he lived with his wife and newborn son, whose fate is still being ascertained. The other victim, according to Al Jazeera, is the 23-year-old correspondent Hossam Shabat. Shabbat had prep…
Two journalists in Gaza killed by an Israeli airstrike, as press freedom on a global scale at risk
Israeli airstrikes killed two Palestinian journalists in separate attacks on Monday, adding to the more than 170 journalists killed since the beginning of Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.
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