We stand in unwavering solidarity with journalists everywhere who dare to uncover truth under fire—and we condemn, with full moral clarity, every attack against them.
Today Monday, August 25th, another tragic loss: five journalists—Hussam al-Masri (Reuters), Mohammed Salama (Al Jazeera), Mariam Abu Dagga (freelance with AP),Moaz Abu Taha and Ahmed Aziz — were killed in a double missile strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Local health authorities confirm at least 19 civilians, including medical staff and first responders, were also killed in that airstrike.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-hits-gaza-hospital-killing-least-15-people-including-journalists-2025-08-25/
EDIT: During the writing of this post reports came in that a sixth journalist, Palestinian correspondent Hassan Douhan, was killed in a separate attack in Khan Younis.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/8/25/
On 10 August 2025, Al Jazeera videographer Anas al-Sharif and four colleagues were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on a media tent outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City—a strike widely condemned by press freedom organisations as a premeditated assassination of journalists and defined under international law as an unacceptable violation of civilian safety.
https://time.com/7308859/anas-al-sharif-killed-gaza-al-jazeera-journalist/
Since 7 October 2023, Palestinian authorities estimate at least 217 journalists have been killed. Independent tallies vary—Wikipedia lists 238 names, while CPJ confirms 192, and the UN estimates 242. Whatever the precise figure, this remains the deadliest conflict for media workers in modern history: a mass killing of truth-tellers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_the_Gaza_war
This is not just Gaza. It is happening everywhere—in Sudan, in the DR Congo, throughout all corners of the planet where brutal suppresses voices. The stories that could prevent the worst in human and planetary suffering are being buried.
As content creators, writers, and seekers of truth, we understand – and stand firm in solidarity and action against the pressure of speaking truth to power. We recognise the weight of secrecy, the fear of censorship, the cost of bearing witness. The forces that target journalists—the forces that work to silence—and the systems that swallow independent media are also at work in every digital echo chamber, every manipulated narrative, every distracted scroll.
The world may be waking up to a “livestreamed genocide.” But watching is not enough. Passive witnessing numbs us. We must go upstream: we must interrogate the systems, confront the silence, resource the under-reported. We must seek out independent journalists, amplify the suppressed stories, elevate truth to disrupt the racket of division and distraction that thrives on ignorance.
Our Commitment: Action, Not Just Words
Media Revolution commits:
- To amplify the need for independent voices—in Gaza and around the world, wherever journalism is suppressed and journalists are being killed.
- To support press freedom through solidarity campaigns and collaborative platforms.
- To call out and dismantle propaganda machines creating division, protecting their power, their wealth, and operating with impunity.
- To build an informed public that seeks truth, that honours the risks taken by journalists.
For every name—Anas, Hussam, Mohammed, Mariam, Moaz, Yahya, Hossam, Ismail—and all the brave souls killed while bringing the truth to the world—may their message live on through the stories they told and their legacy to the truth as murdered journalists.
We are not powerless: by choosing where we look, what we share, whose story we lift up, we become active defenders of journalism and justice.
Let this statement be more than words. Let it compel us—and those seeing it—to wake up, to seek light where it is most at risk of being extinguished, and to change ourselves, and our world, to one built on awareness, courage, and solidarity.
Further Reading & Campaigns
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) – Ongoing documentation of journalist deaths in Gaza and global press freedom violations
https://cpj.org/ - International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) – Global campaigns for journalists’ rights and safety
https://www.ifj.org/ - National Union of Journalists (NUJ) – Solidarity statements and campaigning for media workers’ rights https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/solidarity-statements-in-response-to-killing-of-al-jazeera-journalists.html
- Reporters Without Borders (RSF) – Press freedom rankings and advocacy
https://rsf.org/en - Palestine Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) – Representing journalists in Palestine, documenting violations and calling for accountability
http://www.pjs.ps/ - Media Revolution – Campaign to challenge disinformation systems, defend independent media, and build access to trusted information
https://mediarevolution.org