The Israeli army killed eleven media professionals and injured four others in the Gaza Strip. Its spokesperson also confirmed the targeted assassination of reporter Ismail Al-Ghoul. Additionally, 42 violations were documented in the West Bank and four in the 1948 Territories. In Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, arrests, summonses, and detentions increased among other violations. A Syrian writer and intellectual died in the regime’s prisons after being detained for several years.

Below is a detailed summary of the violations monitored by the SKeyes Center in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.

In the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed freelance photographers Mohammad Issa Abu Saada (08/06) and Hussam Al-Dabbaka (08/22), with Sawt Falasteen station editor Tamim Abu Muammar (08/09), freelance journalists Abdullah Al-Sousso (08/09), Ibrahim Muhareb (08/18), Ali Tohaimeh (08/26), and Sumaya Abd Rabbo (08/27). Writer and researcher Youssef Al-Kahlout (08/10), journalist and writer Arafat Abu Zayed, Al-Saada Al-Ijtima’iya newspaper journalist Raeda Al-Safadi (08/27), and calligrapher Ibrahim Abu Nada (08/30) were also killed. Freelance journalist Salma Al-Qaddoumi, TNT correspondent Sami Barhoum, his colleague cameraman Mohammad Al-Zaanin, and his assistant Mohammad Karaja (08/26) were injured during Israeli shelling.

Furthermore, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee confirmed the targeted assassination of Al-Jazeera correspondent Ismail Al-Ghoul, accusing him of being part of Hamas’ elite force (08/01). He also launched an incitement campaign against Al-Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza, Ons Al-Sharif (08/10).

In the West Bank, the Israeli army targeted several media professionals using live ammunition, tear gas, and stun grenades. Among them were TNT correspondent Missaab Al-Khatib (08/03), Al-Araby TV correspondent Rabih Munayer and cameraman Ameed Shehada (08/03; 08/30), Al-Jazeera correspondents Laith Jaar (08/03; 08/15; 08/28) and Mohammad Al-Atrash (08/05), as well as photographers Luay Al-Saeed (08/05) and Fadi Yassin (08/15; 08/28). Quds Feed correspondents Ayub Yamak (08/15), Nagham Zayet (08/03; 08/28), and Jirah Khalaf (08/05), Palestine TV correspondent Amina Blalo, photographer Tarek Al-Hourani, Pal Today correspondent Mujahid Al-Saadi, and photographer Hamza Zayoud (08/05) were also targeted. Additionally, SIPA agency photographer Nasser Ashtieh and journalist Reem Daraghmeh (08/14), Pal Post website correspondent Mujahid Hamayel (08/15), Al-Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Hadi Sabarneh (08/28), Al-Ghad TV correspondent Khaled Bdeir and cameraman Shadi Jararaa, Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta, Al-Arabia TV correspondent Tharwat Shakra, and photographer Wissam Abd Rabbo (08/30) were among those targeted while covering military operations. Freelance journalists Mashael Abu Al-Rabb (08/03), Obada Tahyaneh, Amro Munasreh (08/05), Abdul-Rahman Al-Dmaidi (08/15), Mohammad Al-Yunes, and Raghd Salame (08/28) were also targeted across several cities in the West Bank.

The Israeli army arrested freelance journalists Ihab and Mohammad Al-Alami (08/08), correspondent Khaled Bdeir (08/13), photographer Hamza Zayoud (08/11), as well as freelance photographers Ramez Awad (08/30), Amer Al-Shaloudi, and Ashwaq Mohammad Awad (08/31). They also obstructed the work of several reporters, including Rabih Munayer, Mohammad Abed, Hadi Sabarneh, Hamza Hamdan, Laith Jaar, photographers Ameed Shehada and Fadi Yassin, and the Roya channel crew—correspondent Hafez Abu Sabra and cameraman Mahmud Fawzi—who were all covering the Tulkarem camp storming in the northern West Bank (08/23).

Moreover, the Ofer court extended the administrative detention of journalist Bushra Al-Tawil (08/19), while the Salem court postponed the trial of Wafa agency journalist and editor Rasha Ahmad Harzallah on charges of “incitement” (08/11).

In the 1948 Territories, Israeli police prevented the screening of two Palestinian films: a collection of short films by director Rashid Masharawi at the Yabous Cultural Centre in Jerusalem (08/08) and “Jenin, Jenin”, by Mohammad Bakri, at the Democratic Front party headquarters in Haifa (08/26). Additionally, the Israeli government extended the suspension of Al-Mayadeen channel, banning its employees from working or covering events in the 1948 Territories for a renewable period of 45 days (08/11). The central court also postponed the trial of freelance journalist Lama Ghawche on charges of “incitement” (08/13).

In Lebanon, writer Makram Rabbah was targeted by a social media smear campaign due to his anti-Hezbollah political views (08/06), while an NBN channel crew survived an Israeli drone strike in Majdal Selem (08/10). The Anti-Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Bureau summoned LebTalks website publisher Christine Gemayel (08/22), but she refused to comply. British photographer James Davies was released by General Security after being detained for four days and placed under house arrest for 20 days (08/20).

In Syria, the family of Islamic thinker Abdul-Akram Al-Saqa announced his death in a regime prison (08/20), following his arrest in Daraya in 2011.

Additionally, the opposition’s military police arrested correspondent Baker Al-Qassem and his wife, journalist Nabiha Taha. While Taha was released several hours later, Al-Qassem was transferred to Turkish intelligence (08/26).

In Jordan, actor Akef Najem faced an online smear campaign after appearing in a film critical of Saudi Arabia (08/26). Meanwhile, YouTube shut down the channel of activist Sufyan Al-Tall, and Meta removed his videos from its platforms (08/07). The aftermath of the arrest and imprisonment of Sawaleif website publisher Ahmad Hassan Al-Zoaby continued. The Prime Minister refused to consider replacing his prison sentence with an alternative sanction (08/04), while his family issued a statement condemning the journalists’ syndicate council for failing to visit or check on him since his imprisonment (08/13).