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Palestinians inspect the damage of a destroyed house following Israeli air strikes on Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, December 31 2023
ONE-HUNDRED-AND-TWENTY journalists were killed in 2023, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reports — a sharp rise on the 68 killed in 2022, itself a leap from the 47 killed in 2021.
The journalists’ global union federation published a list of journalists killed ahead of the United Nations’ Human Rights Day on December 8, when the figure stood at 94 but has issued an updated end-of-year list, given the alarming number — 26 — killed in the last three weeks.
Eighty-two of the 120 (68 per cent) were killed as a result of Israel’s war on Gaza — 75 Palestinians, as well as four Israelis and three Lebanese journalists.
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Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI