Israeli airstrikes continue to target Palestinian journalists, with the latest victim, Mohamed Mansour, a correspondent for Palestine Today TV, killed in Khan Younis. His death adds to the growing list of media workers deliberately targeted in Gaza since October 2023. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 108 journalists have been killed, over 95% of whom are Palestinian.

Despite clear markings identifying them as press, journalists are being systematically targeted. Al Jazeera’s Hamza Al-Dahdouh, the son of the network’s Gaza bureau chief, was among those killed, alongside Reuters’ Issam Abdallah, who was assassinated in Lebanon. UNESCO reports that 65% of slain journalists were wearing press vests when they were attacked. Families of reporters are not spared, with at least 15 cases documented where journalists were killed alongside their relatives. Meanwhile, over 22 Palestinian journalists have been arrested in the West Bank.

Israel justifies these killings by branding journalists as collateral damage while blocking international media from entering Gaza since November 2023. The unprecedented crackdown on press freedom has left Gaza in an information blackout, preventing the world from witnessing the full scale of Israel’s war crimes. Reporters Without Borders has filed war crimes complaints with the International Criminal Court, warning that this is not just an attack on individuals but a systematic attempt to erase Palestinian narratives from history.