Israel held responsible for nearly half of journalists killed worldwide in 2025

Israel, already declared by journalists to be the worst enemy of press freedom, has accounted for almost half of this year’s killings of journalists around the world.

As per the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) annual report, published earlier this month, of 67 journalists killed around the world, Israel accounted for 29 killings in Gaza.

Israeli military’s double-tap strike on Khan Younis 25 August deadliest single attack on journalist since media staff From GAZA.

The report notes that the Israeli military’s double-tap strike in Khan Younis on 25 August was the deadliest single attack on journalists, which killed five media workers.

It should be noted that, since the beginning of the Gaza war, almost 220 journalists have been killed.

In Jul, Iran said that at least a dozen journalists and media workers were killed in Israeli strikes during the two countries' recent war, according to state media.

The media arm of the Basij paramilitary forces -- a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps -- said the death toll among media workers had risen to 12 following the identification of two additional individuals, the IRNA news agency reported.