Overview

• CPJ premiered the BBC-produced film in New York to coincide with the UN General Assembly’s high-level week.
• Israeli authorities have barred foreign media from Gaza since October 2023, allowing only brief, tightly controlled military-escorted visits.
• The two-minute clip, narrated by David Dimbleby and backed by AFP, AP and Reuters, calls for international reporters to enter Gaza to corroborate on-the-ground accounts.
• Palestinian journalists have shouldered coverage under extreme risk, with CPJ recording nearly 200 journalist and media worker deaths since Oct. 7, including at least two dozen it deems deliberate killings.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry reports more than 65,000 killed and over 167,000 wounded in the war, figures widely cited by UN agencies.