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UN Reports Surge in Journalist Killings in Gaza
12/17/2025
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Story summary
- On December 16, 2025, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported Israel intensified repression of journalists and civil society in occupied Palestinian territory.
- From October 2023 to December 2025, 289 journalists were killed in Gaza, and 202 were abducted by Israeli forces.
- Israel approved 19 illegal colonies in the West Bank, condemned by Saudi Arabia as violating international law.
