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Palestine the world’s most dangerous place for journalists, RSF says

Mourners prepare the body of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Al-Shayaht for burial after he was killed by an Israeli strike at Nasser Hospital, Gaza, on January 16, 2025 [Bashar Taleb/AFP]

Palestine has become the world’s most dangerous state for journalists amid Israel’s war on Gaza, with dozens of reporters likely killed specifically due to their work, a media freedom watchdog has said.

Israeli forces killed nearly 200 journalists in the first 18 months of the war, at least 42 of whom were slain while doing their job, Reporters Without Borders said on Friday as it released its World Press Freedom Index 2025.

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