Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of ‘intentionally targeted’ journalist killings A person holds up a placard at a vigil in Leeds, UK, in September for journalists and photographers killed in Gaza. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in 2025, two-thirds of them by Israeli forces, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). It was the second