Editing Freedom of the press (section)

====Palestine and Israel====
{{Seealso|List of journalists killed in the Gaza war}}
[[File:Hossam Shabat.jpg|thumb|[[Al Jazeera]]'s Gaza correspondent [[Hossam Shabat]] was assassinated by the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] on 24 March 2025]]
In October 2019, the [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian Authority]] blocked 59 websites, claiming that they were critical of the government. These websites were both Palestinian and Arabic and were identified to have been publishing material that "threaten national security and civil peace". Quds News Network, among the blocked sites, stated that the move reflected the Palestinian Authority's repression of the press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palestinechronicle.com/palestinian-court-blocks-59-websites-critical-of-pa/|title=Palestinian Court Blocks 59 Websites Critical of PA|access-date=22 October 2019|website=The Palestine Chronicle|date=22 October 2019|archive-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023132716/http://www.palestinechronicle.com/palestinian-court-blocks-59-websites-critical-of-pa/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2023, nearly 75% of journalists killed worldwide were Palestinians who had died in [[Israel]]’s [[Gaza war|war in Gaza]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel's war on Gaza: CPJ |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/15/nearly-75-of-journalists-killed-in-2023-died-in-israels-war-on-gaza-cpj |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> According to the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]], Israel was the second worst country in the world for allowing the murderers of journalists to go unpunished.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Liam |title=Haiti, Israel ranked worst for securing justice in journalist killings |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/haiti-israel-ranked-worst-for-securing-justice-in-journalist-killings/7845113.html |website=Voice of America |date=30 October 2024 |access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref> [[UNESCO]] awarded its 2024 World Press Freedom Prize to the Palestinian journalists of [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2024 |title=Palestinian journalists covering Gaza awarded 2024 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/palestinian-journalists-covering-gaza-awarded-2024-unesco/guillermo-cano-world-press-freedom-prize?hub=910 |website=UNESCO}}</ref>