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Last Year Was A Deadly One For Journalists: 129 Were Killed Reporting On Conflicts

  • Reuters, Thursday, February 26, 2026 8:13 AM

A total of 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists says in its annual report, according to Reuters. The Committee alleges that two-thirds were killed by Israel,  but Israel counters that it only targets combatants in Gaza. The report shows that 31 workers were killed during an attack on a Houthi media center in Yemen. Journalists were also killed in Sudan (nine) Mexico (six), Ukraine (four) and the Philippines (three). 

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