Gaza: 210 Palestinian Journalists Killed in Israeli Attacks Since Start of Genocide

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The number of Palestinian journalists and media workers killed since the beginning of Israel’s assault on Gaza has risen to 210, following the killing of journalist Hussam Al-Titi, along with his wife and daughter in an Israeli airstrike.

The family of the ABC News journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their home in Gaza City.

The Center for Protecting Palestinian Journalists (PJPS) said that his killing is part of a series of human rights violations committed by the Israeli occupation, adding at least 210 journalists killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the assault on Gaza on October 7, 2023.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said that Israel targeted journalists “in an attempt to suppress the Palestinian narrative and erase the truth. However, the occupation failed to break the will of our great people.”

“Bloody Year”

Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has been considered the deadliest for journalists and media workers in the world in 30 years.

Critics accuse Israel – which banned foreign reporters from entering Gaza – of targeting journalists in the Palestinian territory to obscure the truth about its war crimes there.

In its annual report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said a record number of journalists were killed in 2024, with Israel responsible for more than two-thirds of those deaths.

The committee’s chief Jodie Ginsberg said in the statement, “The war in Gaza is unprecedented in its impact on journalists and demonstrates a major deterioration in global norms on protecting journalists in conflict zones, but it is far from the only place journalists are in danger.”

At least 85 journalists died throughout 2024 at the hands of the Israeli military during Israel’s war on Gaza, the CPJ said, with 82 of those who were killed being Palestinians.

The advocacy group also accused Israel of attempting to stifle investigations into the killings, shift blame onto journalists for their own deaths, and ignoring its duty to hold its own military personnel accountable for the killings of so many media workers.

In a recent report, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) described 2024 as “one of the worst years” for media professionals. It condemned the “massacre taking place in Palestine before the eyes of the entire world.”

In a separate report, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Palestine is the most “dangerous country for journalists, recording a higher death toll than any other country over the past five years.”

Israel’s Resumption of War

Since Tuesday morning, Israeli airstrikes have killed over 600 Palestinians and injured hundreds more after announcing the resumption of its genocide war in Gaza.

The Israeli attacks marked the collapse of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal that had begun on January 19, 2025. The first phase ended on March 1, 2025, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to proceed with the second phase.

Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court, sought to free more Israeli captives without fulfilling Israel’s commitments, including ending the war and withdrawing from Gaza. Hamas insisted on implementing the full agreement.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli assaults, backed by the US, have killed and wounded over 161,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children. More than 14,000 people remain missing under the rubble.