More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began collecting data more than three decades ago.
This is the second consecutive year-on-year record for press deaths.
Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in both 2025 and 2024.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since CPJ began documentation in 1992.
