Fri Dec 26 21:21:47 UTC 2025: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Syndicate Report Alleges Israeli Forces Systematically Targeting Journalists to Suppress Palestinian Narrative
[City, State] – [Date] – A new report by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate accuses Israeli forces of a deliberate and escalating campaign of violence against Palestinian journalists since October 2023, culminating in a peak in 2025. The Syndicate’s Freedoms Committee alleges that Israel is employing a policy of “silencing the press through killing, injury, and permanent disability,” to undermine the Palestinian narrative and prevent documentation of alleged Israeli crimes.
According to the report, at least 76 Palestinian journalists have been killed or wounded by Israeli actions by the end of November 2025, a figure the committee deems a “dangerous indicator of the escalating targeting policy” by Israeli authorities. The report cites targeted assassinations, including the death of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, and claims of journalists being falsely labeled as members of Hamas.
The Syndicate emphasizes that the attacks are not accidental, with Muhammad al-Lahham, head of the Committee for Freedoms, stating that the consistency and scale of the attacks “constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity,” and represent a systematic targeting of journalists as part of an official policy to silence the media. Al-Lahham described the alleged Israeli strategy as a “field doctrine based on the principle of ‘no witnesses, no narrative, no image.'”
The report highlights that the situation intensified during the conflict in Gaza, where approximately 300 journalists and media workers have been killed in 26 months. It cites a Reporters Without Borders (RSF) report that found Israel killed more journalists in 2025 than any other country. The Syndicate also documents a rise in life-altering injuries, including amputations, paralysis, and blindness, often from strikes to the head, neck, chest, and abdomen.
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