More than one journalist per day is dying in the Israel-Gaza conflict. This has to stop

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Gaza-Israel war has been the deadliest conflict for media workers since the organisation began counting statistics in 1992.

At the time of writing, the committee said at least 39 journalists and media workers had been killed in the month since the war began.

Reporters Without Borders put the number slightly higher at 41.

But the rate of fatalities is so high – more than one per day – it is likely there will be more dead by the time you read this.

The victims are mostly Palestinian journalists and media workers killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, but they include four Israelis, whom…