On March 24, 2025, deadly Israeli strikes hit the car of Qatari-based Al Jazeera Mubasher Reporter Hossam Shabat near northern Gaza’s Beit Lahia, and the home in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis of reporter Mohammed Mansour, who worked for the pro-Islamic Jihad, Beirut-based Palestine Today TV.

On March 18, Israel resumed airstrikes on Gaza, ending a ceasefire that began on January 19.

On October 23, the Israeli Army accused Shabat and five other Palestinian journalists working with Al Jazeera in Gaza of being members of the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. CPJ has called on Israel to stop making unsubstantiated allegations to justify its killing and mistreatment of members of the press.

Shabat told CPJ in October that he was not a member of Hamas. “We convey the truth on Al Jazeera Mubasher, and we move within the areas classified by Israel as safe,” Shabat said. “We are citizens, and we convey their voices. Our only crime is that we convey the image and the truth.”

More than 170 journalists and media workers have been killed since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war in October 2023.