Journalism

• 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.