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Journalists Honor Nearly 200 Colleagues Killed in Gaza During Paris and Marseille Gatherings

Demonstrators decried Gaza as the deadliest conflict for media workers, denouncing press targeting and calling for an end to the blockade.

Les portraits des journalistes palestiniens tués à Gaza brandis lors du rassemblement à Paris, ce mercredi.
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Overview

  • Nearly 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the war began in October 2023, marking an unprecedented loss for the profession.
  • On April 16, 2025, around 200 journalists symbolically lay down on the steps of the Opéra Bastille in Paris, while a parallel gathering took place in Marseille.
  • Press groups, including Reporters Without Borders and major unions, accused Israeli forces of imposing a media blackout to stifle reporting on alleged war crimes.
  • Youssef Habash, a Palestinian journalists' union leader, condemned the violence as genocide and called for the lifting of Gaza’s blockade.
  • The demonstrations highlighted the broader threat to press freedom in conflict zones and honored journalists from various nations killed during the Gaza war.