The committee's new report to protect journalists said on Wednesday that in 2024 he looked at the record number of journalists killed all over the world.
Israel was responsible for almost 70 percent of those killed last year, and Sudan and Pakistan have the second highest death fees, as Report arrangements.
Journalist Protection Committee (CPJ), Jodie Ginsberg, said that “the most dangerous time to be a journalist in the history of CPJ.”
“The war in Gaza is unprecedented in its impact on journalists and shows a serious deterioration of global standards for the protection of journalists in the conflict zones, but it is far from the only place where journalists are threatened,” said Ginsberg in a statement on Wednesday.
The committee's report stated that at least 124 journalists in 18 different countries were killed last year, which means the most deadly year for reporters and media employees, since CPJ began to collect data and record it over three decades ago.
The number of journalists and media employees killed in 2024 increased compared to previous years. According to report 102, it was killed in 2023 and 69 were killed in 2022.
Previous record deaths were in 2007, when 113 journalists lost their lives, almost half because of the war in Iraq, said CPJ.
85 journalists killed in Israeli attacks in 2024.
CPJ said that the Israeli war was the death of 85 Palestinian journalists-two-thirds or 70 percent of the hands of the Israeli army in Gaza, about 78 journalists in Gaza were killed in Gaza, in 2023 according to the committee.
The committee accused Israel of trying to suppress investigations on incidents, transfer guilt to journalists and ignore the obligation to keep people to take into account the murder.
The Israeli army, asked to comment, stated that sufficient information about the alleged incidents was not given and therefore could not be able to check them, adding that it requires all possible operational measures to alleviate the damage to journalists and civilians.
“IDF has never had and never, intentionally attacks journalists,” said the army.
CPJ said that at least six journalists and media employees have been killed all over the world since the beginning of this year.
“Increased dangers” for reporters, media employees: Report
Sudan and Pakistan killed the second highest number of journalists after Israel in 2024.
Tens of thousands of civilians were killed and the millions were displaced in Sudan Brutal civil war. CPJ said he said that three journalists were killed in connection with their work and examining the motive of killing the fourth. He also made the murders of two media employees.
It was found that six journalists were killed in Pakistan when political anxieties and media censorship increased, despite the fact that the country had no such death since 2021.
“All killings 2024 point to Increased dangers facing reporters and media employees – And the threat, which is the flow of information around the world, “said Wednesday's report.
Diaa Al-Estaz says that his work meant that his and his colleagues became the target, and the international federation of journalists reported this month that at least 152 journalists were killed in the war.
CPJ said that he documented “alarming increase in the number of targeted killings”, adding that at least 24 journalists were deliberately killed because of their work last year, including Haiti, Mexico, Myanmar, Sudan and elsewhere. He said he documented at least 10 cases of targeted murders by Israel.
The committee stated that he also is investigating 20 other killings in which he believes that Israel could have specially targeted journalists.
The state suspension of weapons between the Palestinian group of fighters Hamas and Israel began on January 19, but it is Currently in danger. Israel swore to destroy Hamas after October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed, and 251 took hostages, according to Isralan Sighties.
According to Palestinian health authorities, over 48,000 people, mainly civilians, were killed in Israel's retaliation.
Reviewed study published in Lancet On January 9, he suggests that official numbers of death in gas can be significantly underestimated. On June 30, 2024, the Ministry of Health Gaza reported 37,877 deaths; The study estimated that the number was probably around 64,200 until that day.