Nothing rivals the systematic killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza—except perhaps the silence of mainstream media on this ongoing atrocity. Instead, many choose to platform Israeli talking points to legitimise it.
Estimates of the number of media workers killed since October 7, 2023, range from 191 to 273—staggering figures when viewed against Gaza’s population of just 2.2 million. These numbers suggest a deliberate campaign to stifle the truth from reaching the outside world through the very channels that serve as journalism’s backbone: television and online media.
Since day one of the war, Israel has carried out daily massacres, making it clear that its aims extend far beyond a campaign of revenge to one of territorial expansion, redrawing the region’s map and tilting the balance of power.
It is a slaughter committed in broad daylight, yet we see a systematic campaign to take out the very journalists broadcasting these crimes to the world in a bid to stifle the truth and punish its tellers.
And if the killing of more than 200 Palestinian journalists is not evidence enough of Israel trying to cover up its crimes, then surely its denial of entry to Western journalists (unless embedded with the Israeli army) puts those doubts to rest.
