Journalists' Syndicate: June Witnesses the Martyrdom of 7 Journalists and 16 Serious Injuries, and the Continued Displacement of Media Workers

SadaNews - The Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate confirmed the continuation of the Israeli occupation's systematic targeting of the Palestinian press in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and occupied territories, through a series of crimes, the most prominent of which was the martyrdom of seven of our journalist colleagues in the Gaza Strip.

A documentary report issued by the Journalistic Freedoms Committee of the syndicate revealed that the Israeli occupation forces committed more than 100 crimes, assaults, and direct violations against Palestinian journalists during June 2025, as part of a systematic escalation targeting press freedom.

According to the data, seven journalists were martyred while covering events in the field, while another sixteen were seriously injured due to bullets or shrapnel from rockets. The attacks also affected journalists' families, with five relatives recorded as martyrs due to direct shelling.

The report recorded three cases of detention of journalists and four cases presented to military courts.

Regarding the media infrastructure, six media institutions were either demolished or forcibly closed, and ten homes of journalists were destroyed, while occupation forces confiscated filming and broadcasting equipment in four documented incidents.

The report also documented twenty-two cases of detention or prevention from coverage, eight incidents of direct gunfire against journalists, and seven attacks using sound bombs and toxic gas, in addition to three cases of physical assault and three cases of public threats and incitement against journalists.

Also noted in the report was one case of travel prohibition and two assaults by settlers on media crews.

The report documented a series of violations committed by the occupation via security forces and individuals from settler communities against Arab and Western media crews covering the fall of Iranian rockets on some areas in the occupied territories.

The report pointed out that these numbers reflect the widening scope and seriousness of violations, amid international silence and ongoing restrictions on journalistic work in the Palestinian territories, coinciding with the continued displacement of hundreds of journalists seeking to escape death, with some being forced to flee for the fifth or sixth time away from their homes, a large part of which has been destroyed.

The suffering in reaching workplaces and communicating with the outside world continues due to the disruption of communication and internet networks caused by the targeting of broadcasting towers and coverage by the occupation forces through bombing and destruction.

The report also observed a relative increase in internal assaults against journalist colleagues by official or familial entities, in violations that are considered concerning and dangerous, amidst the genocidal aggression practiced by the Israeli occupation against our people in the Gaza Strip in particular, and against the Palestinian people in general.