War without coverage: Gaza besieged, media silenced

FOR nearly two years, Israel has kept Gaza closed to media coverage. International journalists are barred from entering, making the conflict the only modern war without direct access from outside observers.

Meanwhile, local reporters — those closest to the reality on the ground — have become silent targets. They struggle not only with forced displacement and hunger, but also with the constant risk to their lives every time they raise a camera.

To date, at least 210 journalists have been killed by Israeli forces amid the ongoing genocide, with hundreds more injured, hunted, and threatened simply for doing their job: bearing witness to the truth.

Among those killed while reporting in Gaza was Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri, who died last Monday in an Israeli strike on a hospital. Palestinian journalists Mariam Abu Dangga, Mohammed Salama, Moaz Abu Taha, and Ahmed Abu Aziz were also among those killed in this camera-recorded tragedy.

The ongoing brutality is not only an attempt to blind the world to the suffering of Gaza’s people, but also a direct attack on press freedom and the international community’s right to know the truth. Journalists are being killed, their families devastated, and civilians continue to fall victim to relentless attacks.

Amid the rubble of buildings and the wail of air-raid sirens, the silent cameras tell the story of lives erased, voices silenced, and a regime that treats the truth as its enemy.