Journalist Death Toll in Gaza Hits 232 Amid Israeli Strikes

Gaza’s Government Media Office announced that the number of journalists killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023 has reached 232, following the assassination of photojournalist Adam Abu Harbid.
Abu Harbid was killed in an Israeli helicopter strike targeting a tent near Al-Yarmouk market in Gaza City, medical sources told Anadolu Thursday.

Three of his relatives were also killed in the attack, while his wife and children were wounded.

Abu Harbid worked with multiple local and international media outlets.

Gaza’s Government Media Office condemned Israeli regime’s deliberate targeting of Palestinian journalists as a systematic policy of assassination.

“We condemn in the strongest terms the systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation,” the office said in a statement.

It called on the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and media organizations globally to denounce the killings.

“We hold the Israeli occupation, the US administration and countries complicit in the genocide—such as the UK, Germany and France—fully responsible for these heinous and brutal crimes,” it said.

Since Israel launched its brutal campaign on Gaza on October 7, 2023, more than 59,500 Palestinians have been killed, the vast majority women and children, according to local health authorities.

The war has destroyed Gaza’s infrastructure, collapsed its health system, and triggered widespread famine.

In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel is also on trial at the International Court of Justice for genocide.