Starvation in Gaza: How Israel is attempting to hide the truth of its brutal war

On October 7, 2023, hours after Palestine group Hamas led unprecedented incursions into southern Israel, killing 1,195 people and taking about 250 hostage, Palestinian photojournalist Mohammad al-Salhi was shot dead while reporting on Tel Aviv’s reprisal on Gaza.

The 29-year-old al-Salhi had been wearing his press vest and helmet. He had grown up in the Bureij refugee camp, near a fence separating Gaza from Israel. This barricade, a “symbol of division and apartheid” became a “recurring theme in his work”, said one online tribute to him.

The same day, at least two more Palestinian journalists were killed in the course of work.

The deaths were roundly condemned. The Unesco director-general noted that “media workers provide verified news in times of conflict and must therefore be protected against all forms of attack”.

The Israelis ignored the advisory. By the end of the fortnight, 24 journalists were among the 6,000 Palestinians killed by the Israelis in Gaza. As Israel’s attacks continued and casualties mounted, 141 media workers were dead by December 2024 – and the toll in the territory had risen to 46,376.

Estimates of the number of media workers killed since Israel began its war on Gaza vary from 186 (according to the Committee to Protect Journalists) to 232 (according to the Costs of War Project run by the Watson Institute...

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