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 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) 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. The IDF claimed it had evidence 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
Mohammed Salama
Moaz Abu Taha
Hussam al-Masri
Mariam Abu Dagga
Anas al-Sharif
Mohammed Noufal
Ibrahim Zaher
Mohammed Qreiqeh
Moamen Aliwa
Mohammad al-Khaldi
Ismail Abu Hatab
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
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
Tamim Abu Muammar
Journalist 9/8/24
Khan Younis
Mohammed Issa Abu Saada
Journalist 6/8/24
Khan Younis
Rami al-Refee
Ismail al-Ghoul
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
Mustafa Bahr
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
Muhammad Salama
Journalist 5/3/24
Deir al-Balah
Mohamed Yaghi
Journalist 23/2/24
Deir al-Balah
Zayd Abu Zayed
Ayman al-Rafati
Journalist 14/2/24
Gaza City
Angam Ahmad Edwan
Journalist 12/2/24
Jabalia refugee camp
Alaa al-Hams
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
Tariq al-Maidna
Journalist 29/1/24
Gaza City
Iyad el-Ruwagh
Yazan al-Zuweidi
Journalist 14/1/24
Beit Hanoun
Mohamed Jamal Sobhi al-Thalathini
Ahmed Bdeir
Journalist 10/1/24
Khan Younis
Shareef Okasha
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
Jabr Abu Hadrous
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
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
Duaa Jabbour
Journalist 9/12/23
Khan Younis
Shaima el-Gazzar
Hamada al-Yaziji
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
Marwan al-Sawaf
Journalist 1/12/23
Gaza City
Mostafa Bakeer
Journalist 24/11/23
Rafah
Mohamed Mouin Ayyash
Mohamed Nabil al-Zaq
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
Mostafa al-Sawaf
Journalist 18/11/23
Gaza City
Hassouneh Salim
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
Mohamed Abu Hassira
Mohamad al-Bayyari
Journalist 2/11/23
Gaza City
Mohammed Abu Hatab
Majd Fadl Arandas
Iyad Matar
Imad al-Wahidi
Majed Kashko
Nazmi al-Nadim
Yasser Abu Namous
Duaa Sharaf
Jamal al-Faqaawi
Journalist 25/10/23
Khan Younis
Saed al-Halabi
Ahmed Abu Mhadi
Tasneem Bkheet
Ibrahim Marzouq
Media worker 24/10/23
Gaza
Mohammed Imad Labad
Roshdi Sarraj
Journalist 22/10/23
Gaza Strip
Mohammed Ali
Journalist 20/10/23
Northern Gaza
Khalil Abu Aathra
Sameeh al-Nady
Issam Bhar
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
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
This article was amended on 1 September 2025. An earlier version said Israel had offered “no evidence” to support its claim that Anas al-Sharif was a Hamas terrorist. It has been revised to refer to the IDF having claimed evidence (in the form of “intelligence and documents from Gaza”; the latter, reportedly dated prior to the war, have not been independently verified).
