This call for action panel highlights Israel’s systemic targeting of journalists and media workers. The voices of journalists and their family members are showcased to underscore Israel’s deliberate attacks against Palestinian and Lebanese journalists while highlighting severe ramifications for press freedom and human rights.
The International Federation of Journalists estimates that around 1,000 journalists worked in Gaza before October 7, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported that Israel had killed 127 journalists and media workers in Gaza and three in Lebanon.
Isra al-Modallal, Former TV Presenter, Producer, Host and writer
Zukiswa Wanner, South African journalist, novelist and editor
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