Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths - Committee to Protect Journalists
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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: Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all journalist and media worker killings in 2025, driving the total number killed worldwide last year to a...
  • 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.