As the blockade continues, journalists – the very people tasked with documenting and reporting on atrocities, the devastating impact of the humanitarian blockade and amplifying the voices of those on the ground – are themselves facing starvation. As the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) documented, reporters in Gaza are collapsing after live broadcasts, falling ill from drinking contaminated water, and unable to afford what little food remains. With foreign journalists still barred from entering Gaza, and the territory now recording the highest number of journalist and media worker deaths in modern history – many deliberately targeted – there is an extremely limited number of local journalists still able to report under the most harrowing circumstances.
