The Committee to Protect Journalists cut its tally of killed media personnel in Gaza to 191, down from 209 as of June 25, 2026, after confirming some targets were active in militant wings. The IDF's list includes 118 Hamas members and 49 from Islamic Jihad, some of whom previously worked for Reuters, BBC and CNN. While some files provide military IDs and rank, researcher Joe Truzman noted that entries for several international stringers lack detailed documentation. Hamas disputes these figures, claiming 263 journalists were killed during the conflict.
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CPJ Revises Gaza Press Deaths After IDF Lists 170 Terrorists
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DropSite News reported that a secret Israeli military unit called the "Legitimization Cell" was created after Oct. 7, 2023, to find justifications for the killing of media workers after they occurred. In one instance, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly revised evidence against journalist Ismail al-Ghoul from a document that would have made him 10 years old at the time of a Hamas appointment to one dated for when he was 17. These allegations follow the IDF's publication of "The Press Files," a dossier identifying 170 journalists killed in Gaza as operatives for groups including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 17 of whom allegedly took part in the Oct. 7 attacks.
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