List of journalists killed during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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During the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, foreign war correspondents, professional journalists, and citizen journalists have been killed since the beginning of the conflict in 1948 or have died as a result of their reporting. Also included in a separate form are those journalists whose whereabouts are unknown or whose disappearance is a result of their reporting and the period of their disappearance, including those cases where it is unknown as to whether or not they are casualties.

List of journalists killed during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is located in Israel
Gaza City
Gaza City
Jenin
Jenin
Important cities in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict where journalists have been killed.

UNESCO has documented 21 professional or citizen journalists who have died in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 2002.[1] The Committee to Protect Journalists has documented 25 journalists killed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1992.[2] As of May 2022, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates 6,036 Palestinian fatalities and 272 Israeli fatalities as a result of the conflict since 2008.[3]

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned the killing of Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip, including two Al Jazeera television reporters, by Israel.[4][5]

Professional or citizen journalists/media activists killed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

See also: List of journalists killed in the Gaza war
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DateNameLocationNotesRefs
7 October 2023 - PresentSee List of journalists killed in the Gaza war
6 October 2023Mohammad Salhi Palestineal-Bureij refugee camp, Gaza StripFreelance journalist shot by IDF during 2023 conflict[6]
1 June 2022Ghufran Harun Warasneh Palestineal-Arroub refugee camp, West BankDream Radio journalist shot in the chest by IDF en route to job in Hebron[7]
11 May 2022Shireen Abu Akleh PalestineJenin, West BankAl Jazeera journalist shot in the head by Israeli forces[8][9]
19 May 2021Yusef Abu Hussein PalestineSheikh Radwan, Gaza StripRadio broadcaster killed in his house by Israeli missile strikes[10]
13 April 2018Ahmad Abu Hussein PalestineJabalia, Gaza StripPhotographer shot in the abdomen by IDF[11]
6 April 2018Yaser Murtaja PalestineKhan Yunis, Gaza StripVideo journalist shot in the abdomen by IDF sniper[12]
13 August 2014Simone Camilli ItalyBeit Lahiya, Gaza StripAssociated Press journalists killed by live bomb dropped by IDF on soccer field in the Gaza Strip[13]
Ali Shehda Abu Afash Palestine
31 July 2014Mohammed Daher PalestineShuja'iyya, Gaza City, Gaza StripAl-Resalah newspaper editor who was critically injured by an Israeli strike on his house on July 20 (during the Battle of Shuja'iyya) and died 11 days later[14]
30 July 2014Mohammed Nour al-Din al-Deiri PalestineShuja'iyya, Gaza City, Gaza StripPalestine Network for Press and Media cameramen killed in Israeli bombing of a market in Gaza[15][16]
Rami Rayan Palestine
Sameh al-Aryan PalestineAl-Aqsa TV cameraman killed in Israeli bombing of a market in Gaza
Ahed Zaqout PalestineGaza City, Gaza StripFormer Palestine national football team player and sports television presenter killed in Israeli bombing of his building as he slept[17]
20 July 2014Khaled Hamad PalestineShuja'iyya, Gaza City, Gaza StripContinue TV cameraman killed by Israeli shelling[18]
9 July 2014Hamid Shibab PalestineGaza StripDriver for Media 24 new killed in his car by Israeli airstrike[19]
20 November 2012Mahmoud al-Kumi PalestineGaza City, Gaza StripAl-Aqsa TV cameramen killed in car by Israeli missile strike[20][21]
Hussam Salama Palestine
Mohammed Abu Eisha PalestineDeir al-Balah, Gaza StripAl Quds Educational Radio employee killed in car by Israeli missile strike[21]
14 April 2011Vittorio Arrigoni ItalyGaza City, Gaza StripItalian activist, newspaper and radio journalist, and International Solidarity Movement member kidnapped and murdered by Gazan extremist group Tawhid al-Jihad[22]
7 January 2009Basil Ibrahim Faraj PalestineGaza StripPalestinian Media and Communication Company cameraman killed by Israeli airstrike[23]
6 April 2008Fadel Shana'a PalestineBureij refugee camp, Gaza StripReuters cameraman killed by flechette shell during Al Bureij massacre[24]
14 May 2007Suleiman Abdul-Rahim al-Ashi PalestineGaza City, Gaza StripEditor and distributor of daily Palestine newspaper beaten and shot by gunmen in presidential guard uniforms, potentially Fatah[25]
Mohammad Matar Abdo Palestine
22 March 2004Mohamed Abu Halima PalestineBalata refugee camp, West BankRadio correspondent and freelance photographer shot in the stomach by IDF[26]
2 March 2004Khalil al-Zaben PalestineGaza City, Gaza StripMagazine journalist and advisor to President Yasser Arafat shot outside his office by gunmen of unknown, but suspected Palestinian, origin[27]
2 May 2003James Miller WalesRafah, Gaza StripDocumentary filmmaker shot in the neck by IDF[28]
18 April 2003Nazeh Darwazi PalestineNablus, West BankFreelance photographer shot in the head by IDF[29]
22 September 2002Issam Hamza Tillawi PalestineRamallah, West BankVoice of Palestine radio host shot in the head by IDF sniper during protest against the siege of the Palestinian National Authority headquarters[30]
12 July 2002Imad Abu Zahra PalestineJenin, West BankFreelance photographer shot in the leg by IDF[31]
12 March 2002Raffaele Ciriello ItalyRamallah, West BankFreelance photographer shot six times in the chest by IDF[32]
31 July 2001Muhammad al-Bishawi PalestineNablus, West BankNajah Press Office and IslamOnline reporter killed in Israeli bombing of Palestinian Center for Studies and Media[33][34]
Othman al-Qatanani PalestineKuwait News Agency correspondent killed in Israeli bombing of Palestinian Center for Studies and Media
28 October 2000Aziz Al-Tineh PalestineBethlehem, West BankWafa reporter killed in explosion of unknown origin[35]
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Professional or citizen journalists/media activists killed outside of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

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DateNameLocationNotesRefs
31 May 2010Cevdet Kılıçlar TurkeyAboard the MV Mavi Marmara, International waters of the Mediterranean SeaAnadolu'da Vakit correspondent and webmaster of the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) killed by the IDF while taking photos during the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid[36]
8 July 1972Ghassan Kanafani PalestineBeirut, LebanonAuthor, activist, and journalist assassinated by Mossad in response to the Lod airport massacre[37]
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Professional or citizen journalists/media activists wounded non-fatally

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DateNameLocationNotesRefs
31 March 2002Anthony Shadid PalestineRamallah, West BankShot in the shoulder by an Israel sniper while reporting for the Boston Globe.[38]
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Professional journalists and citizen journalists/media activists who were missing and then freed

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DateNameLocationNotesRefs
12 March 2007 – 4 July 2007Alan Johnston United KingdomGaza City, Gaza StripBBC. Kidnapped by the Palestinian Army of Islam in Gaza City and held for 114 days. His capture led to protests across the Palestinian territories, United Kingdom, and worldwide. His eventual release was orchestrated by Hamas.[39][40]
14 August 2006 – 27 August 2006Olaf Wiig New Zealand and Steve Centanni United StatesGaza City, Gaza StripFox News. Kidnapped by the Palestinian Holy Jihad Brigades in Gaza City and held for 13 days. The two were released after filming a video proclaiming their conversion to Islam, which they later claimed was coerced at gunpoint and was not real.[41]
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