On Saturday night, the US military launched a series of strikes on Iran’s three main nuclear sites, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.
Donald Trump’s decision to intervene in the conflict in the Middle East has firmly turned the eyes of the world’s media towards Iran. However, the Israel-Gaza war, and humanitarian disaster unfolding in the strip, continues.
At least 184 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-profit organisation that advocates for press freedom and the rights of journalists. Of these, 176 were Palestinian.
For nearly 19 months, Israel has blocked the foreign press from entering Gaza to report on the war, leaving a small number of local Palestinian journalists to cover the conflict.
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Israel’s ongoing refusal to grant foreign journalists access to the strip is “without precedent in modern times”, a recent letter from the world’s media warned.
What are the implications of not allowing foreign press into the war zone? And what is it like for the journalists in Gaza who risk their lives on a daily basis to report on the conflict?
Today, on In the News, Irish Times reporter Sally Hayden and CPJ chief executive Jodie Ginsberg discuss the implications of barring journalists from entering Gaza and the realities of reporting from a war zone.
Presented by Sorcha Pollak. Produced by Declan Conlon.
