Gazan journalist Hazem Suleiman, having one leg amputated, walks as he continues to document the destruction, caused by Israeli attacks, in Rafah, Gaza. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images
Support for journalists in Gaza
As of May 2025, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 178 journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, making it the deadliest period for journalists on record.
IMS media partner Filastiniyat has been at the forefront, providing life-saving support and emergency assistance to Palestinian journalists who are not only reporting in difficult circumstances but are also displaced along with their families and communities.
In 2024, Filastiniyat dispersed emergency cash grants ranging from $225–500 to 888 reporters, the majority of whom were women journalists. It also distributed 410 personal hygiene packages, almost 300 packages of winter clothing and 250 sleeping mattresses and bedding.
Filastiniyat has funded workstations for women journalists in Khan Younis and a caravan in Deir al-Balah to serve as sleeping quarters and a workplace for women reporters, giving them safe spaces to work and rest.
Supporting freelance journalists has been another focus of Filastiniyat, which has commissioned stories from 100 journalists, videographers and photographers.
“Genocide has irrevocably changed us all,” says Filastiniyat director-general Wafa’ Abdel Rahman. “Yet, what remains unshaken is our pride in every journalist.”
