Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths
Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths
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Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths - Committee to Protect Journalists
Key findings Introduction At a time when armed conflict has reached historic levels around the world, journalist killings also reached an all-time high primarily due to the actions of one government: ...
- More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began collecting data more than three decades ago.
- This is the second consecutive year-on-year record for press deaths.
- Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in both 2025 and 2024.
- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since CPJ began documentation in 1992.