The reporters' watchdog has recorded the deaths of 48 reporters since Hamas embarked on a murderous killing spree in Israel on 7 October, triggering a concerted Israeli bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza in response.
The spiraling death toll of journalists in Gaza over a six-week period compares with the 42 journalists killed worldwide in the whole of 2022, including 15 who died covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Sherif Mansour, the committee's coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, said the rising number of media fatalities combined with successive cuts to internet and phone networks, and tightening censorship, were effectively imposing an information blackout on Gaza.
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