New York, September 24, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published today the findings of a comprehensive review of its documentation of journalists and media workers killed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory between October 2023 and August 2026.
As a result of new information obtained through the review, CPJ removed 22 individuals previously listed as journalists from its database, reinstated a further six individuals, and reclassified 12. Full details of these changes can be found
here
.
“The accuracy and credibility of CPJ’s research are fundamental to our mission and to efforts to seek accountability and justice for journalists and media workers around the world,” said CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg. “We base the determinations we make solely on whether individuals meet our definitions of who we consider to be a journalist, not an individual’s affiliation or views, nor in response to pressure or intimidation from any government or interest group. Our review and a subsequent audit of our work show that CPJ has done just that.”
The review is consistent with CPJ’s longstanding process of reviewing cases and updating its databases, as appropriate, when credible new information becomes available.
CPJ looked at a total of 229 deaths over the period. An external audit of the review found that the organization had followed its established and globally applied methodology in all cases that were removed or reinstated as a result of the process. The review did not introduce, revise, or otherwise change CPJ’s methodology or its definition of who it considers to be a journalist or a media worker. Rather, CPJ applied its existing criteria to newly obtained information and reassessed individual cases accordingly. Details on all changes made following the review are listed on the organization’s
Journalist Casualties
page.
The review shows that Israeli forces remain responsible for by far the majority of killings of journalists and media wor
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