The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported that 2024 was the deadliest year for journalists in nearly three decades. According to the report, 124 journalists and media workers were killed globally last year.

At least 124 journalists across 18 countries were killed last year, making it the deadliest year for reporters and media workers since CPJ started keeping records more than three decades ago

A total of 85 journalists died in the Israeli-Hamas war, "all at the hands of the Israeli military," the committee said, adding that 82 of them were Palestinians. Sudan and Pakistan recorded the second highest number of journalists and media workers killed, with six each.

In 2024, more journalists were killed than in any year in which numbers were kept by the Committee to Protect Journalists, with Israel responsible for nearly 70% of the deaths. At least 124 journalists died across 18 countries,

A record number of journalists were killed in 2024, with Israel's assault on Gaza accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total, according to the CPJ.

The year 2024 marked a grim milestone for journalists around the world, with at least 124 media staff killed across 18 countries, according to analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). This figure passes the previous record in 2007 when 113 journalists were killed,