48 journalists killed in Israel-Hamas war, rights body says
20/11/2023 17:01:47 World
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has provided an update on the journalists and media workers killed by the war.
CPJ says the conflict has led to the deadliest month for journalists since it first began gathering data in 1992.
As of 20 November, CPJ found:
- 48 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead: 43 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 1 Lebanese.
- 9 journalists were reported injured.
- 3 journalists were reported missing.
- 13 journalists were reported arrested.
The deaths include Bilal Jadallah, director of Press House-Palestine, a non-profit which supports the development of independent Palestinian media. He was killed in his car in Gaza in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, Al Qahera News, and the Cairo-based Youm7.
/The Guardian
