UN Special Rapporteur's report counts nearly 300 journalists killed in Gaza

27 October 2026

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, briefed journalists virtually on a report about the media. Citing UN sources, the report counts nearly 300 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza, more than 100 detained and about 150 media centres and offices destroyed, which it puts at 80 per cent of Gaza's media infrastructure. It records more than 139 attacks on journalists in the West Bank. The report criticises Israel's ban on foreign journalists entering Gaza and the absence of accountability for the killing of the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, and also documents intimidation of Palestinian journalists by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. Albanese said United States sanctions prevented her from attending the briefing in person.