On Monday, April 13, 2026, the Committee to Protect Journalists, together with its amicus partners the Foreign Press Association in Israel, the Union of Journalists in Israel (UJI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), filed an emergency motion to the Israeli Supreme Court asking the justices to expedite a decision on allowing the international media to enter Gaza.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel closed its border with Gaza and has barred the international media from entering independently. This closure is unprecedented and sets a dangerous precedent for reporting from other conflict areas.
The court has delayed ruling on the case for numerous times in the last 18 months since the Foreign Press Association filed its petition challenging the ban. The reasons given for these delays by the Israeli government — and accepted by the court — are no longer relevant. There are no more hostages in Gaza. There is a longstanding ceasefire in place. There are no substantiated or specific threats against journalists, and journalists pose no threat to Israeli troops. The most recent rationale provided – the war in Iran – never was relevant.
Palestinian journalists have reported under extremely harsh and dangerous conditions from inside Gaza throughout the war, and have had to endure hunger, displacement, arbitrary detentions, and attacks by the Israeli military.
Read the full statement here.