As of June 11, 2026, CPJ’s preliminary investigations show that at least 263 journalists and media workers are among the more than tens of thousands killed across Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Israel and Iran since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, and the Iran war began on February 28, 2026. Israel’s disregard for the lives of journalists — and for the international laws designed to protect them — is unparalleled. Israel has now killed more journalists than any other government since CPJ began collecting data in 1992, making this war the deadliest on record for journalists.
Please note that CPJ is currently reviewing its dataset related to the Israel-Gaza war.
To date, CPJ has documented a total of 263 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon and Yemen, explained as below:
259 journalists and media workers killed by Israel, of which:
- 207 were Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Israel-Gaza war
- 2 Palestinians killed in Israeli detention centers
- 31 Yemenis in Yemen
- 7 Lebanese in Lebanon during the war on Gaza
- 9 Lebanese in Lebanon during the Iran war
- 3 Iranians in Iran during the 12-day war
4 journalists and media workers killed by other actors, of which:
- 1 Iranian killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes during the Iran war
- 2 Israelis killed in Israel by Hamas
- 1 Palestinian journalist killed by an armed group in Gaza
In addition to:
- 174 journalists reported injured
- 2 journalists reported missing
- 108 journalists arrested
- Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members
Targeted murder of journalists
To date, CPJ has determined that at least 75 journalists and media workers were directly targeted and killed by Israeli forces in direct reprisal for their work, and continues to investigate many other cases of suspected targeted killings. Amid the extreme constraints imposed on Gaza — including Israel’s ban on foreign press access, destroyed communications infrastructure, mass displacement, and widespread loss of life — verifying information consistent with CPJ’s rigorous methodology is extraordinarily difficult. The total number of targeted killings may be far higher. With much contemporaneous evidence now destroyed, the true number of Palestinian journalists in Gaza who were deliberately targeted by Israel may never be known.
Editor’s note: This page was updated on June 25, 2026. Following a review of our records, we discovered two inadvertent errors on this list. Mohammed al-Maqri, a Yemeni journalist who was killed in Yemen on December 28, 2024, by Al-Qaeda, was mistakenly included and has now been removed. Amna Hamid, a Palestinian journalist who was killed in Gaza on April 24, 2024, by Israel, was inadvertently omitted and has now been added.
Amna Hamid, Mohammed al-Bardaweel, Murad Halboub al-Faqih, Mohamed Qeshta, Mahmoud Wadi, Anas Ghnaim, Abed Shaat, Ahmad Qalaja, Ahmed Mansour, Anas al-Sharif, Ayman Al Gedi, Fadi Hassouna, Faisal Abu Al Qumsan, Ghassan Najjar, Hamza al-Dahdouh, Hilmi al-Faqaawi, Hossam Shabat, Ibrahim Zaher, Ismail al-Ghoul, Ismail Baddah, Issam Abdallah, Mahmoud Islim Al-Basos, Moamen Aliwa, Mohammad al-Khaldi, Mohammed Al-Ladaa, Mohammed Noufal, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Mustafa Thuraya, Nima Rajabpour, Rami Al Refee, Suleiman Hajjaj, Wissam Kassem, Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, Abbas al-Dailami, Youssef Shams al-Din al-Bahri, Mohammed al-Omeisi, Abdullah al-Harazi, Jamal al-Adhi, Bashir Hussein Ahsan Dablan, Abdulqawi Mohammed Saleh al-Asfour, Abdo Taher Musleh al-Saadi, Lutf Ahmed Nasser Hadiyan, Qais Abdo Ahmed al-Naqeeb, Mohammed Ali Hamoud al-Dawi, Faris Abdo Ali al-Rumaisa, Abdulrahman Mohammed Mohammed Jaman, Amal Mohammed Ghaleb al-Manakhi, Abdullah Mahdi Abdullah al-Bahri, Sami Mohammed Hussein al-Zaidi, Mariam Abu Dagga, Hussam Al-Masri, Mohammed Salama, Ahmed Abu Aziz, Moaz Abu Taha, Fatima Ftouni, Mohamad Ftouni, Ali Shoaib, Mohammed Washah, and Amal Khalil.
Ibrahim Sheikh Ali, Masoumeh Azimi, Mohammed Reda, Ali Naji al-Shara’i, Ali Mohammed Ahmed al-Faqih, Arif Ali Abdo al-Samhi, Mohammed Hamoud Ahmed al-Matari, Abdul Wali Abdo Hussein al-Najjar, Abdul Aziz Saleh Ahmed Shas, Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed al-Zakri, Zuhair Ahmed Mohammed al-Zakri, Essam Ahmed Murshid al-Hashidi, Salim Abdullah Abdo Ahmed al-Watiri, Mohammed Abdo Yahya al-Sanfi, Mohammed al-Azzi Ghaleb al-Harazi, and Ali Mohammed al-Aqel.
Definitions and methodology
CPJ has tracked and documented the cases of members of the press killed in relation to their work since 1992. This includes each journalist and media worker killed since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, 2023. CPJ’s longstanding and rigorous methodology has been widely cited by United Nations bodies, government officials, and human rights organizations. For more information see: How CPJ documents press killings in the Israel-Gaza war.
Clarifications and corrections:
CPJ removes names from its database if subsequent evidence shows individuals were not journalists or media workers, were not active in those capacities at the time of their deaths, or were directly participating in hostilities. CPJ’s global database includes only journalists and media workers killed in connection with their work, or cases in which their deaths may have been work-related. This approach is consistent with international humanitarian law, including Article 79 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which protects journalists in conflict zones provided they take no action adversely affecting their civilian status.
CPJ updates its data and the accompanying narrative accounts and posts an editor’s note regarding the change as new information becomes available over time. In certain cases, a record may be removed when new information leads CPJ to determine that a case falls outside its mandate or for security concerns, such as the safety of the journalist and their family.
Editor’s note: This page was updated on May 27, 2026 to include more detail on the reason for removal of individual records.
Updates:
8 individuals were removed after CPJ’s subsequent research and investigations indicated that they participated in combat
- Palestinian man Mohamed Manhal Abu Armanah, Palestinian man Mohamed Naser Abu Huwaidi, Palestinian man Yacoup al-Borsh, Palestinian man Rizq Abu Shakian, Palestinian man Maisara Ahmed Salah, Palestinian man Mahdi al-Mamluk, Palestinian man Mustafa Bahr, and Palestinian man Abdullah Darwish.
7 individuals were removed after CPJ’s subsequent research and investigations confirmed that they were not journalists or media workers
- Palestinian man Mohamed Khaireddinem, Palestinian man Bahaa Okasha, Palestinian woman Salma Mkhaimar, Palestinian man Ahmed Fatima, Palestinian man Mohamed al-Jaja, Palestinian man Assaad Shamallakh, Palestinian man Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar.
3 journalists were removed after CPJ’s subsequent research and investigations confirmed that they were not on assignment
- Israeli journalist Shai Regev, Israeli journalist Oded Lifschitz, and Israeli journalist Ayelet Arnin were removed after their outlets confirmed that they were not on assignment to cover the music festival.
2 journalists were removed after CPJ’s subsequent research and investigations confirmed that they were not killed
- Palestinian journalist and presenter Alaa Taher al-Hassanat was removed following reports that she survived the attack thought to have killed her. Canadian-Palestinian journalist Mansour Shouman was removed from this list after he was found alive on February 6, 2024, after being reported missing over two weeks prior.