People check the car in which two journalists, Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al Jazeera television, were killed in a reported Israeli strike in Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
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The latest CPJ data shows that 91 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, down from 98 the previous year, with the Israel-Gaza war responsible for more than half of fatalities.
The latest 2024 data from a leading organisation that promotes press freedom, highlights the severe dangers facing journalists around the world, and in particular, from the hazards of the Israel-Gaza war.
The latest CPJ data shows that 91 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, down from 98 the previous year, with the Israel-Gaza war responsible for more than half of fatalities.
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In Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, 59 journalists and media workers were killed, and two went missing in 2024 – by far the highest tally of any conflict anywhere in the world.
So far this year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says 91 journalists and media workers have been killed worldwide, with 67 unaccounted for – last year 98 journalists were killed.
The data shows only confirmed accounts, with actual figures likely to be higher.
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