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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Robert Tait in Washington

Israel-Hamas war is deadliest conflict on record for reporters, says watchdog

A funeral ceremony on Sunday for the Palestinian journalists Sari Mansour and Hasona Saliem, who were killed in Gaza.
A funeral ceremony was held on Sunday for the Palestinian journalists Sari Mansour and Hasona Saliem, who were killed in Gaza. The Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded the deaths of 48 reporters in the war zone since 7 October. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu/Getty Images

Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has produced the deadliest month for journalists since statistics began more than three decades ago, and created a news blackout in the embattled territory, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said.

The reporters’ watchdog has recorded the deaths of 48 reporters since Hamas embarked on a murderous killing spree in Israel on 7 October, triggering a concerted Israeli bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza in response.

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