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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo

Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ

A placard with images of killed journalists on it
A person holds up a placard at a vigil in Leeds, UK, in September for journalists and photographers killed in Gaza. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian

A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in 2025, two-thirds of them by Israeli forces, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

It was the second consecutive year in which killings of members of the press reached unprecedented levels, and the second year running in which Israel was responsible for roughly two-thirds of the total, the New York-based independent organisation, which documents attacks on journalists worldwide, said in its annual report published on Wednesday.

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