A Palestinian prisoners’ advocacy group says 40 Palestinian journalists, including both males and females, are currently being held in Israeli prisons.

The Israeli military carried out nearly 100 violations against Palestinian journalists in December 2025, including killings, physical assaults, abductions, and bans on media coverage, according to a Palestinian journalists’ advocacy group.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) says Israel abducted 42 Palestinian journalists, including eight women, in 2025, continuing a pattern of systemic targeting of Palestinian journalists.

The Government Media Office in Gaza says at least 56 journalists have fallen victim to Israeli military strikes in 2025 while performing their professional duties across the war-battered region.

Israel has suspended 37 international humanitarian organizations from operating in Gaza, drawing sharp criticism from journalists and human-rights advocates.

Reporters Without Borders has named Israel the world’s leading killer of journalists for the third year in a row.

Press unions and organizations have urged the Italian government and the EU to exert pressure on Israel to allow international journalists to access the Gaza Strip.