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Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest conflict ever for journalists, says report

Palestinians react at the site of an Israeli strike that killed journalist Hossam Shabat in northern Gaza, on March 24, 2025 [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 232 journalists – an average of 13 per month – making it the deadliest conflict for media workers ever recorded, according to a report by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs’ Costs of War project.

More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam War, the wars in Yugoslavia and the United States war in Afghanistan combined, the report published on Tuesday found.

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