According to the annual tally conducted by the International Federation of Journalists, 104 journalists or media contributors were killed in 2024, with over half of them in Gaza. The number is down slightly from 2023 but is still "one of the worst years" on record, says Anthony Bellanger, the organisation's general secretary.
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00:00Those who organized the crime and those who committed it are often not the same.
00:06It's one of the worst years since 1990.
00:09Not the worst, but one of the worst.
00:11Last year we had 129 dead, this year we count 104.
00:14At the time it is, on December 10, of course.
00:16It can still evolve until December 31.
00:19But one of the worst years.
00:21Last year, it represented more than 70% of the deaths in the world.
00:26Here we have a little less, we have about 60% of the deaths from all over the world who are Palestinian.
00:32So that's what marks me and marks us all, because I come back from Palestine
00:37and I saw the disaster on the spot.
00:40I've been there twice since the beginning of the war.
00:43And I see the same nightmares.