Talk:Killing of journalists in the Israel–Hamas war

Israeli journalists

All Israeli journalists listed in this article were killed indiscriminately and not because they were journalists; is it appropriate to place both in equal phrasing in the article? Makeandtoss (talk) 14:38, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Some of the Palestinian journalists were killed indiscriminately too - 10 were killed while confirmed to be reporting. There is also no current firm word on what the Israeli journalists were doing at the time of the attack. Iskandar323 (talk) 17:40, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

However, we do have content that IDF targeted Palestinian journalists. Makeandtoss (talk) 09:07, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

The page reflects the running count by the CPJ, and all that it includes. Iskandar323 (talk) 17:50, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Inaccurate information

@Iskandar323

"Salam Khalil, the head of the Gaza Journalists Syndicate's Committee of Women Journalists, was also killed in an Israeli strike on the same day." is incorrect and should be deleted. Khalil is not dead as per the article entitled "Journalists Hold Funeral Procession for Their Colleagues Killed in Attacks on Gaza" at DemocracyNow.org. 96.246.238.31 (talk) 18:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

That's amended. Iskandar323 (talk) 20:20, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Another victim of Israel bombing

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/scores-killed-including-journalists-israel-pounds-gaza-strip

Plus Al-Mayadeen correspondent, Farah Omar, and cameraman Rabih Al-Me’mari

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attack-kills-two-journalists-south-lebanon-0?nid=316601&topic=Israel-Palestine%2520war&fid=489896 Alssk (talk) 18:34, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Why the need for this special page on journalists at all?

This page is irrelevant. I get that journalists are killed, but why is there a need for a (or even multiple) special page(s) to document them? How are they special from the soldiers, doctors, teachers, shopkeepers, farmers, cleaners, schoolchildren that are killed? Simply being a journalist doesn't make one notable enough to be mentioned, unless it's a known media personality - it's simply a vocation. In fact, having a page on killing of women and children would even be more notable because of more international outrage. --121.7.26.36 (talk) 01:30, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Because of the countless articles on RS covering this topic. Poyani (talk) 06:44, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

@121.7.26.36 Wartime reporting is absolutely critical to relaying information to people outside of the war zone. If you don't see the importance of that, or why someone like a doctor is less important in similar context, then you are purposely trying to be difficult. It has nothing to do with outrage and everything to do with documenting the deliberate suppression of information. If one institution kills of all of the other institutions reporting capabilites, that's significant. You see it already on Wikipedia. Very few, if any, sources come from Palestine. Almost all of them come from IDF or US news organizations. People on Wikipedia even go so far as to say anything from Hamas is simply not credible, because they are "to the West" a terrorist organization. See how that works? That's why knowing if one side is killing off the other sides journalist is important. 47.132.127.113 (talk) 05:33, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 December 2023

On December 7, 2023 Reuters published a special report that concluded: "Israeli tank fire killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon." The Reuters investigation stated that "An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six reporters in Lebanon on Oct. 13 by firing two shells in quick succession from Israel while the journalists were filming cross-border shelling."

Additionally, on December 7, 2023 Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni issued a video statement saying in part, "we call on Israel to explain how this could have happened, and to hold to account those responsible for his death." Ohradiogirl (talk) 19:13, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Shadow311 (talk) 19:46, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Edit request

I've been working on an article about violence before 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_Palestinian_journalists

Could we add this in a See also section? homo momo (talk) 22:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Merge proposal (5 January 2024)

Merge Samer Abu Daqqa into Killing of journalists in the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. WP:BLP1E, WP:RECENT, WP:SUSTAINED, WP:EFFECT, WP:NOTNEWS, WP:PERSISTENCE, WP:GEOSCOPE, WP:EVENT. This proposal comes after the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samer Abu Daqqa showed interest in a merge. JM (talk) 22:56, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment: Samer deserves an article without merging it with the article Killing of journalists in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. Samer was killed because he was a journalist and was not killed in a mass attack. Rather, he was killed in an attack on the Al Jazeera crew. He was also the first Al Jazeera network journalist to be killed in Gaza! He is also one of the founders of the Al Jazeera office in Gaza, and the Al Jazeera network referred his murder case to the International Court of Justice, and it also received great press coverage. — Osama Eid ^(talk) 19:58, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

This article should not be merged, Samer deserves his own article, he wasn't just killed by a strike, he was left to bleed for hours and this makes this case quite unique and worthy of an independent page, especially considering the ICC cases that are being submitted Chaialhurriya (talk) 21:24, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Which policy is that? JM (talk) 23:09, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose main consensus at AfD was to move it to Killing of Samer Abu Daqqa. I don't care if article title changes or not, but I do believe it is adequately a stand-alone article, and with likely WP:SUSTAINED investigations in the future to come. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 23:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

  False, the AfD was closed with The result was no consensus‎. Opinion is split between keep and merge. Since there is no prospect of a consensus to delete, there is no point in continuing this AfD. Consensus for a merger can be sought in a talk page discussion if desired. Emphasis mine. Anyone can go look at that AfD for themselves, that's why I linked it. JM (talk) 23:11, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

  @Shushugah: FYI, those investigations you mentioned have come. Iskandar323 (talk) 22:04, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

• Support per WP:BIO1E and other policies mentioned by the nominator. I have explained my position at length in the AfD. gidonb (talk) 23:33, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose I share the same opinion as Osps7. The article has enough sources to stand on its own. The articles about the killing of journalists provide context and analysis of these incidents. I see no clear reason why this article should be merged Riad Salih (talk) 15:37, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Oppose: This killing is now the subject of a further in-depth investigation by the Intercept - as clear a piece of evidence of ongoing, sustained coverage for the topic as anyone could wish for. Iskandar323 (talk) 22:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose I think the Samer Abu Daqqa article needs some cleanup and more sources (those citation needed refs), but some of his awards and notable facts suggest he was somewhat noteworthy before his killing.

homo momo (talk) 05:55, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose: I don't see why it should be merged in such a general article. Instead suggest moving to Killing of Samer Abu Daqqa. --Mhhossein ^talk 17:36, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Support per WP:BLP1E FortunateSons (talk) 21:30, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

But the killing incident seems to be notable. --Mhhossein ^talk 06:16, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, but not really enough for a whole article? which is why I would be against deletion and in favour of merging FortunateSons (talk) 11:48, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Sources like [1], published almost a month after the incident, can be used to establish the notability. --Mhhossein ^talk 04:50, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Oppose - Abu Daqqa's killing is independently notable. nableezy - 17:55, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose The individual is notable on his own right. Mercy11 (talk) 18:07, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Deadliest month in decades, not deadliest war, for journalists

The article claims that "By 6 December, it was believed to be the deadliest war for journalists in decades." The body of the cited article says "According to press freedom campaigners, the last month has been the most deadly for almost three decades." https://www.theguardian.com/media/audio/2023/dec/04/why-is-the-israel-hamas-conflict-so-deadly-for-journalists-podcast

The Syrian civil war has been more deadly for journalists. See these links: Reporters with Borders and Syrian Network for Human Rights AndyBloch (talk) 19:59, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Stats in lead need updating

January 18 list https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker

Irtapil (talk) 15:38, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 30 January 2024

These two sentences should be removed or rewritten (they are incorrect, the original statement was only about "the last month" being the most deadly month):

> By 6 December, it was believed to be the deadliest war for journalists in decades.

> CPJ stated this was the deadliest conflict for journalists in the past 30 years. AndyBloch (talk) 23:52, 30 January 2024 (UTC)