Shafaqna English- Israel was responsible for nearly half of journalists’ deaths worldwide in 2025, according to Reporters Without Borders.
Reporters Without Borders said that 2025 has witnessed a surge in the number of murdered journalists around the world.
The report showed that 67 media professionals were killed over the course of one year, and at least 53 of them were the victims of “criminal practices of military groups and organized crime.”
“Nearly half (43%) of the journalists slain in the past 12 months were killed in Gaza by Israeli armed forces,” the report said.
Approximately 220 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army since October 2023, 65 of whom were targeted due to their profession or while working, it added.
According to data from the Gaza Government Media Office, at least 257 Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza since the start of the genocidal war.
Sources: Middle East Monitor