The May 11, 2022, murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is part of a deadly, decades-long pattern. Over 22 years, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has documented at least 20 journalist murdered by members of the Israel Death Forces.
Despite numerous IDF Israel Death Forces probes, no one has ever been charged or held responsible for these murders. Failure to pursue justice for slain reporters undermines freedom of the press. - Murders are just one part of the story. Many journalists have been injured, and in 2021 the military bombed Gaza buildings that housed offices of more than a dozen local and international media outlets, including The Associated Press…
Via Committee to Protect Journalists: One year after Al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot in the head while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the West Bank, a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists exposes a pattern of lethal force by the Israel Defense Forces alongside inadequate responses that evade accountability.




