In the heart of Gaza’s unfolding catastrophe, those tasked with documenting truth have become primary targets. As Israel’s war on Gaza enters its sixth month, the death toll among Palestinian journalists continues to rise. According to rights groups, at least 211 journalists have been killed since 7 October—many of them while on duty, wearing visible press vests or sheltering near hospitals and displaced civilians.

Journalists in Gaza have not simply been collateral victims of indiscriminate violence; they have been deliberately hunted. Their cameras, not weapons. Their only crime: documenting the unbearable. With every targeted strike on a media worker, the occupation seeks not only to erase a life but to extinguish a testimony, a narrative that challenges the dominant silence and complicity of the world.

Mohammed Jamil, president of a leading human rights organisation based in London, described these attacks as a calculated component of the genocide. “This is not about accidental deaths,” he said. “This is a war on truth. They are killing the witnesses so the crime can continue in the dark.”

Despite the unimaginable risks and the constant grief of losing friends and colleagues, Palestinian journalists have shown extraordinary resilience. In the ruins of homes, in overcrowded shelters, and next to the injured and dead, they continue to record, report, and resist. Their work is an act of defiance in the face of international indifference—a final stand for memory, for history, for humanity.

While global leaders remain largely silent and complicit, Palestinian journalists are paying the ultimate price to ensure the world sees what Gaza is enduring. Their voices may be silenced one by one, but their images, their words, and their courage live on—demanding to be heard.