Gaza Journalist Database Revision
Committee to Protect Journalists removes 22 names from Gaza casualty database after review
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The Committee to Protect Journalists removed 22 people from its database of journalists and media workers killed in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory after a review found new information, including evidence that some had engaged in combat. It reinstated six people and reclassified 12 others, while an external audit found CPJ followed its existing criteria; the organization said the review did not change its definitions or methodology. CPJ said Israeli forces remain responsible for the vast majority of journalist and media-worker deaths worldwide since 2023, and its revised tally attributes 191 deaths in Israel and the Palestinian territories to Israeli forces.
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The review was prompted by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad obituaries identifying as combatants people CPJ had listed as journalists; CPJ began reviewing its Gaza casualty database in June.
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CPJ said it assessed 229 deaths using published work, social media, photographs, videos and other material. Researchers sought input from at least two additional people who knew the deceased and succeeded in doing so in 220 cases. CPJ also noted that it cannot enter Gaza independently to conduct research.
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CPJ’s criteria do not exclude someone solely for affiliation with a militant organization: the organization said a person may qualify if they were working as a civilian journalist and were not directly participating in hostilities.
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The article’s breakdown says 20 people were removed after CPJ found evidence they had engaged in combat, while three were removed because CPJ determined they were not journalists or media workers; one person appeared in both categories. Assaad Shamlakh was among those reinstated.
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CPJ separately reclassified two Israelis killed in the October 7 attacks as journalists.
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