Of the total number of deaths recorded by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) since October 7, 31 were Palestinian journalists, four Israeli and one Lebanese.

The group, which began its count in 1992, also documented eight injured, three missing, eight arrests and “multiple attacks, threats, cyber attacks, censorship and murders of family members.”

Sherif Mansour, the organization’s program coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement: “CPJ emphasizes that journalists are civilians who perform important work in times of crisis and should not be targeted by parties in conflict”.

“Journalists throughout the region are making great sacrifices to cover this heartbreaking conflict,” Mansour stressed, quoted in an article published by the Common Dreams website.

“Those in Gaza, in particular, have paid, and continue to pay, an unprecedented price and face exponential threats,” he emphasized.

Many have lost colleagues and families, CPJ – located in New York – noted, warning that others “have fled in search of safety when there is no safe haven or exit.”

The most recent death on CPJ’s list is that of Palestinian television correspondent Mohammed Abu Hatab, who on Thursday “was killed along with 11 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis, south of the Strip.” of Gaza,” he denounced.

On October 7, an attack by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) that took Israel by surprise, caused to date an indiscriminate bombing of the occupied territories that left 9,572 dead and more than 26,000 injured.

The United States Government maintains strong support for its ally in the Middle East, despite an increasingly majority opposition among citizens to allocating funds for military support to Tel Aviv.

Throughout the United States, protests are growing against the Joe Biden administration’s position towards Israel and calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza.

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