Mohammed Othman
Mohammed Othman joined CPJ as a Middle East and North Africa researcher, focusing on Gaza and the West Bank, in August 2024. He has worked in the media since 2009, specializing in investigative journalism, in addition to reporting for the regional press freedom group SKeyes.
‘Murder weapon’: Hunger ravages Gaza journalists under Israeli siege
New York, May 28, 2025—After 19 months of war and Israel’s 11-week total blockade on food, water, fuel, cooking gas, medical supplies, and emergency aid into Gaza, hunger and famine threaten not just lives, but the media’s very ability to bear witness, six journalists told CPJ this month. Starvation, dizziness, brain fog, and sickness all…