The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war

Over the past 22 months, the war in Gaza has become the most deadly conflict for journalists in history.

Last week, five Palestinian journalists – Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Abu Dagga, Mohammed Salama, Ahmed Abu Aziz and Moaz Abu Taha – were killed in a double strike on Nasser hospital by the Israeli military, bringing the total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 to at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Other groups put the tally far higher.

Just one week before, another four Al Jazeera journalists and two freelancers were killed by a targeted Israeli strike on their tent outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The Israeli military said it deliberately targeted the Al Jazeera crew – the correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who had reported on the war since its outset, the reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh, the cameraman Ibrahim Zaher, and Mohammed Noufal, a crew driver and cameraman.

No evidence has ever been offered by the Israelis to substantiate their claim that Sharif was a Hamas terrorist. The CPJ and other organisations say that this claim is part of a pattern of misinformation – along with other cases where slain journalists have been labelled as Hamas fighters or operatives – and is without credibility.

The Israeli military has prevented international journalists from entering and reporting on the war, and has decimated Gaza’s own media community. Under international law, journalists should be protected civilians, yet the CPJ says that Israel is “engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented”.

“Palestinian journalists are being threatened, directly targeted and murdered by Israeli forces, and are arbitrarily detained and tortured in retaliation for their work. By silencing the press – those who document and bear witness – Israel is silencing the war,” the organisation said.

The Gaza Media Center says that 238 journalists and media workers have been killed in the conflict. Photograph: Gaza Media Center/Anadolu/Getty Images

Despite growing global condemnation and concerns over breaches of international law, Israel is continuing its military assault on Gaza and it is likely that more journalists will die as a result.

The Guardian is printing the names of all the Palestinian journalists listed by the CPJ as having died as a result of Israeli military action since October 2023 as part of a day of action in condemnation of the killings and in solidarity with those journalists who remain, reporting on the war in Gaza.

The names on this list not only constitute lost lives, futures and grieving families, but the loss of a generation of journalists killed doing their jobs in the most frightening and devastating of environments and whose bravery and dedication to covering this conflict cannot be replaced.

This list will continue to be updated as more deaths occur. The CPJ list stands at 189. The Gaza Media Center and other Palestinian media groups put the numbers higher, at 238; the UN human rights office puts the figure at 247.

Ahmed Abu Aziz

• Journalist 25/8/25

• Nasser hospital, Khan Younis

Mohammed Salama

• Journalist 25/8/25

• Nasser hospital, Khan Younis

Moaz Abu Taha

• Journalist 25/8/25

• Nasser hospital, Khan Younis

Hussam al-Masri

• Journalist 25/8/25

• Nasser hospital, Khan Younis

Mariam Abu Dagga

• Journalist 25/8/25

• Nasser hospital, Khan Younis

Anas al-Sharif

• Journalist 10/8/25

• al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City

Mohammed Noufal

• Journalist 10/8/25

• al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City

Ibrahim Zaher

• Journalist 10/8/25

• al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City

Mohammed Qreiqeh

• Journalist 10/8/25

• al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City

Moamen Aliwa

• Journalist 10/8/25

• al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City

Mohammad al-Khaldi

• Journalist 10/8/25

• al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City

Ismail Abu Hatab

• Journalist 30/6/25

• Gaza

Moamen Abu AlOuf

• Journalist 9/6/25

• East of Gaza City

Ahmad Qalaja

• Journalist 6/6/25

• Gaza City

Ismail Baddah

• Journalist 5/6/25

• Gaza City

Suleiman Hajjaj

• Journalist 5/6/25

• Gaza City

Hassan Abu Warda

• Journalist 25/5/25

• Jabalia al-Nazla

Hassan Samour

• Journalist 15/5/25

• Bani Suhaila

Ahmed al-Helou

• Journalist 15/5/25

• Khan Younis

Yahya Sobeih

• Journalist 7/5/25

• Rimal, Gaza City

Noureddine Abdo

• Journalist 7/5/25

• Tuffah, Gaza City

Fatma Hassouna

• Journalist 16/4/25

• Gaza City

Hilmi al-Faqaawi

• Journalist 7/4/25

• Khan Younis

Ahmed Mansour

• Journalist 7/4/25

• Khan Younis

Mohammed Mansour

• Journalist 24/3/25

• Khan Younis

Hossam Shabat

• Journalist 24/3/25

• Beit Lahia

Mahmoud Islim al-Basos

• Journalist 15/3/25

• Beit Lahia

Ahmed al-Shayyah

• Journalist 15/1/25

• Khan Younis

Ahmed Abu al-Rous

• Journalist 15/1/25

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Talmas

• Journalist 14/1/25

• Gaza City

Saed Abu Nabhan

• Journalist 10/1/25

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Omar al-Dirawi

• Journalist 3/1/25

• Zawaida, central Gaza

Areej Shaheen

• Journalist 3/1/25

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Hassan al-Qishawi

• Journalist 2/1/25

• Gaza City

Ayman al-Gedi

• Journalist 26/12/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Faisal Abu al-Qumsan

• Journalist 26/12/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Ladaa

• Journalist 26/12/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Fadi Hassouna

• Journalist 26/12/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Ibrahim Sheikh Ali

• Media worker 26/12/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Sharafi

• Journalist 18/12/24

• Jabalia refugee camp

Ahmed al-Louh

• Journalist 15/12/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Qrinawi

• Journalist 14/12/24

• al-Bureij refugee camp

Mohammed Balousha

• Journalist 14/12/24

• Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City

Iman al-Shanti

• Journalist 11/12/24

• Sheikh Radwan

Maisara Ahmed Salah

• Journalist 30/11/24

• Beit Lahia

Mamdouh Qanita

• Journalist 30/11/24

• Gaza City

Ahmed Abu Sharia

• Journalist 19/11/24

• Gaza City

Mahdi al-Mamluk

• Media worker 11/11/24

• Gaza City

Ahmed Abu Skheil

• Journalist 9/11/24

• Gaza City

Zahraa Abu Skheil

• Journalist 9/11/24

• Gaza City

Bilal Rajab

• Journalist 1/11/24

• Gaza City

Amr Abu Odeh

• Journalist 31/10/24

• al-Shati camp

Saed Radwan

• Journalist 27/10/24

• Gaza City

Nadia Emad al-Sayed

• Journalist 27/10/24

• Gaza City

Haneen Baroud

• Journalist 27/10/24

• Gaza City

Tareq AlSalhi

• Journalist 15/10/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohammed al-Tanani

• Journalist 9/10/24

• Jabalia refugee camp

AlHassan Hamad

• Journalist 6/10/24

• Jabalia refugee camp

Abdul Rahman Bahr

• Journalist 5/10/24

Nour Abu Oweimer

• Journalist 3/10/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Wafa al-Udaini

• Journalist 29/9/24

• Deir al-Balah

Mohammed Abed Rabbo

• Journalist 27/8/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Hussam al-Dabbaka

• Journalist 22/8/24

• Maghazi refugee camp

Hamza Murtaja

• Journalist 20/8/24

• Rimal, Gaza City

Ibrahim Muhareb

• Journalist 18/8/24

• Hamad

Tamim Abu Muammar

• Journalist 9/8/24

• Khan Younis

Mohammed Issa Abu Saada

• Journalist 6/8/24

• Khan Younis

Rami al-Refee

• Journalist 31/7/24

• al-Shati camp, near Gaza City

Ismail al-Ghoul

• Journalist 31/7/24

• al-Shati camp, near Gaza City

Mohammed Abu Daqqa

• Journalist 29/7/24

• Khan Younis

Mohammed Abu Jasser

• Journalist 20/7/24

• Jabalia refugee camp

Mohamed Meshmesh

• Journalist 15/7/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Mohamed Manhal Abu Armana

• Journalist 13/7/24

• Khan Younis

Amjad Juhjouh

• Journalist 6/7/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Wafaa Abu Dabaan

• Journalist 6/7/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Rizq Abu Shakian

• Media worker 6/7/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Saadi Madoukh

• Journalist 5/7/24

• Gaza City

Mohammed al-Sakani

• Media worker 4/7/24

• Gaza City

Mohammed Abu Sharia

• Journalist 1/7/24

• Gaza City

Rasheed Albably

• Journalist 6/6/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Ola Al Dahdouh

• Journalist 31/5/24

• Gaza City

Mahmoud Juhjouh

• Journalist 16/5/24

• Gaza City

Bahaaddine Yassine

• Journalist 10/5/24

• Gaza City

Mustafa Ayyad

• Journalist 6/5/24

• Gaza City

Salem Abu Toyour

• Media worker 29/4/24

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Ibrahim al-Gharbawi

• Journalist 26/4/24

• Khan Younis

Ayman al-Gharbawi

• Journalist 26/4/24

• Khan Younis

Mohammed Bassam al-Jamal

• Journalist 25/4/24

• Rafah

Mustafa Bahr

• Journalist 31/3/24

• Kuwait roundabout, Gaza City

Mohamed Adel Abu Skheil

• Media worker 28/3/24

• Gaza City

Saher Akram Rayan

• Journalist 25/3/24

• Gaza City

Mohamed el Sayed Abu Skheil

• Journalist 18/3/24

• Gaza City

Tarek El Sayed Abu Skheil

• Journalist 18/3/24

• Gaza City

Mohamed el-Reefi

• Journalist 15/3/24

• Gaza City

Abdul Rahman Saima

• Journalist 14/3/24

• Gaza

Muhammad Salama

• Journalist 5/3/24

• Deir al-Balah

Mohamed Yaghi

• Journalist 23/2/24

• Deir al-Balah

Zayd Abu Zayed

• Journalist 15/2/24

• Gaza

Ayman al-Rafati

• Journalist 14/2/24

• Gaza City

Angam Ahmad Edwan

• Journalist 12/2/24

• Jabalia refugee camp

Alaa al-Hams

• Journalist 12/2/24

• Rafah

Yasser Mamdouh el-Fady

• Journalist 11/2/24

• Khan Younis

Nafez Abdel Jawad

• Journalist 8/2/24

• Deir al-Balah

Rizq al-Gharabli

• Journalist 6/2/24

• Khan Younis

Mohammed Atallah

• Journalist 29/1/24

• Gaza

Tariq al-Maidna

• Journalist 29/1/24

• Gaza City

Iyad el-Ruwagh

• Journalist 25/1/24

• Gaza

Yazan al-Zuweidi

• Journalist 14/1/24

• Beit Hanoun

Mohamed Jamal Sobhi al-Thalathini

• Journalist 11/1/24

• Gaza

Ahmed Bdeir

• Journalist 10/1/24

• Khan Younis

• Journalist 10/1/24

• Deir al-Balah

Heba al-Abadla

• Journalist 9/1/24

• Khan Younis

Abdallah Iyad Breis

• Journalist 8/1/24

• Khan Younis

Mustafa Thuraya

• Journalist 7/1/24

• Nasr village, Gaza

Hamza al-Dahdouh

• Journalist 7/1/24

• Nasr village, Gaza

Akram ElShafie

• Journalist 5/1/24

• Gaza

Jabr Abu Hadrous

• Journalist 29/12/23

• Gaza

Ahmed Khaireddine

• Journalist 28/12/23

• Beit Lahia

Ahmad Jamal al-Madhoun

• Journalist 24/12/23

• Gaza City

Mohamad al-Iff

• Journalist 24/12/23

• Gaza City

Mohamed Azzaytouniyah

• Media worker 24/12/23

• Gaza City

Mohamed Naser Abu Huwaidi

• Journalist 23/12/23

• Gaza

Mohamed Khalifeh

• Media worker 22/12/23

• Gaza

Adel Zorob

• Journalist 19/12/23

• Rafah

Abdallah Alwan

• Journalist 18/12/23

• Jabalia refugee camp

Haneen Kashtan

• Journalist 17/12/23

• Gaza Strip

Assem Kamal Moussa

• Journalist 17/12/23

• Khan Younis

Samer Abu Daqqa

• Journalist 15/12/23

• Khan Younis

Ola Atallah

• Journalist 9/12/23

• Gaza

Duaa Jabbour

• Journalist 9/12/23

• Khan Younis

Shaima el-Gazzar

• Journalist 3/12/23

• Rafah

Hamada al-Yaziji

• Journalist 3/12/23

Hassan Farajallah

• Media worker 3/12/23

• Gaza Strip

Abdullah Darwish

• Journalist 1/12/23

• Gaza Strip

Montaser al-Sawaf

• Journalist 1/12/23

• Gaza Strip

Adham Hassouna

• Journalist 1/12/23

• Gaza

Marwan al-Sawaf

• Journalist 1/12/23

• Gaza City

Mostafa Bakeer

• Journalist 24/11/23

• Rafah

Mohamed Mouin Ayyash

• Journalist 23/11/23

• Gaza

Mohamed Nabil al-Zaq

• Journalist 22/11/23

• Gaza

Assem al-Barsh

• Media worker 22/11/23

• Gaza City

Jamal Mohamed Haniyeh

• Journalist 21/11/23

• Gaza City

Ayat Khadoura

• Journalist 20/11/23

• Beit Lahia

Bilal Jadallah

• Journalist 19/11/23

• Zeitoun

Mossab Ashour

• Journalist 18/11/23

• Gaza Strip

Sari Mansour

• Journalist 18/11/23

• Gaza

Mostafa al-Sawaf

• Journalist 18/11/23

• Gaza City

Hassouneh Salim

• Journalist 18/11/23

• Gaza

Abdel Rahman al-Tanani

• Journalist 18/11/23

• Jabalia refugee camp

Amal Zohud

• Journalist 18/11/23

• Nuseirat refugee camp

Abdelhalim Awad

• Media worker 18/11/23

• Gaza Strip

Amro Salah Abu Hayah

• Media worker 18/11/23

• Gaza

Yacoup al-Borsh

• Journalist 13/11/23

• Jabalia refugee camp

Moussa al-Borsh

• Journalist 12/11/23

• Jabalia refugee camp

Ahmed al-Qara

• Journalist 10/11/23

• Khuza’a

Yahya Abu Manih

• Journalist 7/11/23

Mohamed Abu Hassira

• Journalist 7/11/23

Mohamad al-Bayyari

• Journalist 2/11/23

• Gaza City

Mohammed Abu Hatab

• Journalist 2/11/23

Majd Fadl Arandas

• Journalist 1/11/23

Iyad Matar

• Journalist 1/11/23

Imad al-Wahidi

• Media worker 31/10/23

Majed Kashko

• Media worker 31/10/23

Nazmi al-Nadim

• Media worker 30/10/23

Yasser Abu Namous

• Journalist 27/10/23

Duaa Sharaf

• Journalist 26/10/23

Jamal al-Faqaawi

• Journalist 25/10/23

• Khan Younis

Saed al-Halabi

• Journalist 25/10/23

Ahmed Abu Mhadi

• Journalist 25/10/23

Tasneem Bkheet

• Journalist 24/10/23

• Yarmouk, west of Gaza City

Ibrahim Marzouq

• Media worker 24/10/23

• Gaza

Mohammed Imad Labad

• Journalist 22/10/23

Roshdi Sarraj

• Journalist 22/10/23

• Gaza Strip

Mohammed Ali

• Journalist 20/10/23

• Northern Gaza

Khalil Abu Aathra

• Journalist 19/10/23

Sameeh al-Nady

• Journalist 18/10/23

Issam Bhar

• Journalist 17/10/23

Mohammad Balousha

• Journalist 17/10/23

• Northern Gaza

Abdulhadi Habib

• Journalist 16/10/23

• Northern Gaza

Yousef Maher Dawas

• Journalist 14/10/23

• Beit Lahia

Salam Mema

• Journalist 13/10/23

• Gaza Strip

Husam Mubarak

• Journalist 13/10/23

Ahmed Shehab

• Journalist 12/10/23

• Jabalia refugee camp

Hisham Alnwajha

• Journalist 9/10/23

• Gaza City

Mohammed Sobh

• Journalist 9/10/23

• Rimal district, Gaza

Saeed al-Taweel

• Journalist 9/10/23

• Rimal district, Gaza

Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi

• Journalist 7/10/23

• Gaza Strip

Mohammad Jarghoun

• Journalist 7/10/23

• Gaza Strip

Mohammed al-Salhi

• Journalist 7/10/23

• Gaza Strip