s of September 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) counted 116 journalists who were killed (111 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese),[444] and the International Federation of Journalists counted 134 journalists and media workers who were killed (127 Palestinian, 4 Israeli and 3 Lebanese)[445] A July 2024 count by the Gaza government media office placed the number of Palestinian journalists killed at 160.[446] On 30 January 2024, the head of the CPJ stated, "Israel's war on Gaza is more deadly to journalists than any previous war".[447] Israeli airstrikes additionally damaged or destroyed an estimated 48 media facilities in Gaza.[448] The targeting and killing of journalists is a war crime.[275]

During the conflict reports emerged that the IDF were deliberately targeting journalists.On 7 October, Israeli police damaged equipment of a television crew reporting in Ashkelon.[453] On the same day, a journalist named Omar Abu Shawish was killed in Gaza.[454] Journalists Mohammed El Salhi, Ibrahim Mohamed Lafi, Mohamed Jarghoun, Ibrahim Qanan, Nidal Al Wahidi, and Haitham Abdelwahid also faced various forms of violence or went missing. On 10 October 2023, Israeli airstrikes bombed a residential building housing journalists' offices, killing at least three journalists along with civilians.[458][459][460][461] Salam Khalil, the head of the Gaza Journalists Syndicate's Committee of Women Journalists, was also killed in an Israeli strike on the same day.[462] On 13 October, in southern Lebanon, the IDF attacked a group of seven journalists in two strikes, killing Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injuring six others. Amnesty International found that the group was visibly identifiable as journalists, and called for the incident to be investigated as a war crime.] In response to the killing of journalist Wael Dahdouh's family on 25 October, Robert Mardini, the Director-General of the Red Cross called the targeting of journalists a violation of international law.[465] Aidan White, the former head of the International Federation of Journalists stated "journalists are a target" and the attack would "shock journalists all around the world".[466]

Reporters Without Borders has said that the Israeli army intentionally targeted Palestinian and Lebanese journalists.[448] The Guardian stated that contrary to international law, Israel had targeted Hamas-affiliated Palestinian journalists despite their non-involvement in combat.[467] In 2023, nearly 75% of journalists killed worldwide were Palestinians who had died in Israel's war in Gaza.[468][467] According to the CPJ, Israel was the second worst country in the world for allowing the murderers of journalists to go unpunished.