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Israel kills more journalists than any nation on record: Media watchdog

Israel kills more journalists than any nation on record: Media watchdog

Israel is responsible for 84 of 129 journalist killings in 2025 tracked by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Listen to this article Listen to this article | 3 mins info Published On 25 Feb 202625 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Israel killed at least 84 media workers and journalists in 2025 – far more than any other country in what was the deadliest year on record for the news media. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released the findings on Wednesday in its annual report and pointed to “a persistent culture of impunity for attacks on the press” by Israel’s military. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list A total of 129 media workers were killed in 2025, the highest figure since the watchdog group began keeping records in 1992. Israel was responsible for more than two-thirds of the death toll. Most of the media workers Israel killed were Palestinian, but Israeli air strikes also killed 31 staff in Yemeni newspaper offices, the CPJ said. Israel was overwhelmingly responsible for targeted killings, which the CPJ classifies as “murder”, carrying out 38 of 47 deadly incidents recorded globally by the organisation. “Israel has now killed more journalists than any other government since CPJ began collecting records in 1992,” it said in a statement. It cautioned that the true number of journalists targeted and killed by Israel could be much higher because some of the killings could be potentially concealed by press restrictions and humanitarian difficulties that complicate conducting investigations during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. “With much contemporaneous evidence now destroyed, the true number of Palestinian journalists in Gaza who were deliberately targeted by Israel may never be known,” the CPJ said. ‘Deadly smears’ The rights group listed five Al Jazeera journalists as having been “murdered” in Israeli attacks, including Anas al-Sharif and three others killed by an Israeli strike on a journalist tent in Gaza City. It also named slain Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Hossam Shabat as among those targeted. Advertisement In total since the start of the war, Israel has killed nearly 300 journalists and media workers, according to Shireen.ps, a monitoring website named after veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in 2022. Israel has acknowledged killing some journalists while accusing them of having ties to armed groups – claims rejected by their employers and criticised by the CPJ as “deadly smears”. Outside Gaza and Yemen, the most attacks that killed journalists in 2025 occurred in Sudan, which is in the throes of a civil war, and Mexico, which has been swept by violence linked to organised crime. Nine journalists were killed in Sudan and six in Mexico. Four Ukrainian journalists were also killed by Russian military attacks, the CPJ report said. Adblock test (Why?)

Demonstrators in frog costumes protest Trump’s State of the Union

Demonstrators in frog costumes protest Trump’s State of the Union

NewsFeed As Trump delivered his State of the Union address, demonstrators dressed in frog costumes took to the streets outside the White House to protest the administration and what some called a “fascist regime.” Trump’s speech came as his approval rates have drastically slid. Published On 25 Feb 202625 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Adblock test (Why?)

US issues new sanctions as it dials up pressure on Iran

US issues new sanctions as it dials up pressure on Iran

Washington penalties target oil vessels as Trump administration intensifies ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Tehran. Listen to this article Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 25 Feb 202625 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The United States has issued a new wave of sanctions against Iran, targeting ships that it said are selling Iranian oil to help fund the country’s ballistic missile programme. The penalties on Wednesday come a day after President Donald Trump renewed his threats against Iran in his State of the Union address. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “Iran exploits financial systems to sell illicit oil, launder the proceeds, procure components for its nuclear and conventional weapons programs, and support its terrorist proxies,” Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said in a statement. “Under President Trump’s strong leadership, Treasury will continue to put maximum pressure on Iran to target the regime’s weapons capabilities and support for terrorism, which it has prioritised over the lives of the Iranian people.” While the US describes the Iranian oil trade as “illicit”, Iran, which is selling its own petroleum products, describes the crackdown on its energy sector as piracy. The US has been intensifying sanctions against Iran as it amasses military assets – including two aircraft carriers and large fleets of fighter jets – in the region in apparent preparation for war. Wednesday’s penalties targeted 12 vessels, as well as several companies and individuals that the US said are involved in Iran’s oil sales and weapons acquisition. The new sanctions will freeze targeted assets of the designated firms and individuals in the US and make it mostly illegal for American citizens to engage in financial transactions with them. Advertisement Washington has been piling such sanctions on the Iranian economy since Trump nixed the multilateral nuclear deal with Tehran in 2018 during his first term. That agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saw Iran scale back its nuclear programme in exchange for the release of international sanctions. After returning to the White House in 2025, Trump reignited his economic maximum pressure campaign against Tehran with the goal of choking off Iran’s oil exports. Still, the two countries have been engaging in diplomacy to avert the looming conflict. US and Iranian negotiators are set to meet in Geneva on Thursday for their third round of negotiations this year. Adblock test (Why?)