Most reporters and their associates who were killed, for example in Gaza, are local journalists. This case – the invasion of the Israeli army into the Gaza Strip – cannot be ignored. For since October 7, 2023, or the attack of Hamas on the territory of Israel, the resulting war has consumed more casualties among journalists than the 19th century civilian war in the United States, the First and Second planet War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the Yugoslavian War in the 1990s and 2000s. and the war in Afghanistan after 9/11 together! This is the culmination of a tragedy in which the victims are war rapporteurs, primarily local reporters working for their titles or on behalf of Western media. Western agencies liquidated their offices in conflict zones and based on local forces. Young, frequently under-experienced reporters have become the largest group of victims, although they are the ones who execute the primary function of informing about events that have a crucial impact on the global information ecosystem.
According to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists, in 2025 4 journalists died little than in the erstwhile year, but the Israeli-Palestinian conflict active 43% of all victims (52 journalists and collaborators). Another conflict that brought the most victims is the Yemeni war, where 32 deaths were confirmed and 4 reporters were reported missing. In summary, in the last 20 years 1776 journalists have died, reporting events from fronts in the most dangerous places on earth.
And 1 more fear parameter: prisons. Last year 113 journalists were imprisoned in China, twice as many as they are sitting in Myanmar or Russia. In the latter, 48 reporters are in prison cells, of which more than half are Ukrainian reporters.
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