What is the future of journalism in Gaza?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Hundreds of journalists have been killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Inside the enclave, reporters feel abandoned by the very world they’re informing. What’s happening to Gaza’s journalists, and why?
This is a story from the archives. This originally aired on January 22, 2024. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
In this episode:
- Anan Quzmar (@QuzmarAnan), Volunteer at the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate
- Ismael al Dahdouh, Journalist
- Akram al Satarri, Journalist
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Amy Walters and Sarí el-Khalili, with Ashish Malhotra, Chloe K. Li, David Enders, Fahrinisa Campana, Khaled Soltan, Miranda Lin, Negin Owliaei, Sonia Bhagat, Zaina Badr, and our host Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey everyone. On Sunday, Israel killed four of our Al Jazeera colleagues in Gaza in an airstrike. |
| 0:15.5 | Among them were our correspondents Anasar Sharif and Muhammad Kareke, two of the very few voices still telling the world |
| 0:22.7 | what's happening in Gaza. Today, we're sharing an episode we first aired on January 22nd of last year, |
| 0:30.4 | about Israel's war on the media in Gaza. None of the dates or references have changed. |
| 0:43.3 | Music None of the dates or references have changed. Anon Kuzmar spends most of his days on the phone with someone in Gaza. |
| 0:51.1 | Looking for answers to questions he'd rather not be asking. |
| 0:55.9 | I mostly get in touch with people after a journalist had been killed and tried and established |
| 1:01.9 | the details of the story and double-check certain details. |
| 1:07.1 | Anon works with a Palestinian journalist syndicate in the occupied West Bank. |
| 1:11.6 | It's one of the few organizations, he says, that's trying to keep journalists in Gaza alive. |
| 1:17.6 | Journalists like Al Jazeera's Y.L. D'Achtoud are being deliberately targeted by Israel, |
| 1:22.6 | and others have received threats from the Israeli military to cease their work. |
| 1:26.6 | And according to his organization, more than 100 journalists have been killed. have received threats from the Israeli military to cease their work. |
| 1:32.8 | And according to his organization, more than 100 journalists have been killed in Gaza since Israel's war began. |
| 1:34.1 | More journalists have died reporting or filming in Gaza in just three months during the six |
| 1:39.6 | years of World War II. |
| 1:42.3 | It's been hard on their community, including Anan. |
| 1:46.7 | Instead of doing all that is possible to protect the lives of those who remain |
| 1:52.9 | and the dignity of the profession worldwide, international media continues to choose |
| 1:59.2 | to side with the oppressors and defend their crimes. |
| 2:04.7 | So what's left of journalism in Gaza? Has the world abandoned these journalists? And why? |
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