CPJ Report: 2025 Becomes Deadliest Year on Record for Journalists, Citing Israeli Military Actions

Washington D.C. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an organization monitoring media freedom, has stated that 2025 has become the deadliest year on record for journalists.

According to the annual report released on Wednesday, at least 84 media workers and journalists were killed in Israeli military operations. This figure is higher than in any other country.

CPJ indicated that Israel is responsible for more than two-thirds of the total number of journalist deaths worldwide. The organization accused the Israeli military of having a "persistent culture of impunity for attacks on journalists." The report stated that out of 47 fatal incidents globally, 38 were linked to Israel and categorized as targeted killings.

CPJ noted that the majority of the journalists killed were of Palestinian origin. The report also mentioned that 31 employees working for a newspaper office in Yemen were killed during Israeli airstrikes.

CPJ claimed this is the first time since it began record-keeping in 1992 that any government has killed such a large number of journalists. The organization also pointed out that independent investigation is difficult due to strict press restrictions and the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

"Because contemporary evidence has been destroyed, the true number of Palestinian journalists intentionally targeted by Israel in Gaza may never be fully known," stated the CPJ press release. 

Israel, however, has previously claimed that its military operations are targeted against armed groups.