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More journalists killed in Gaza than in any war since 1800s

The journalists killed by Israel in Gaza far outnumber similar deaths in any armed conflict since the US Civil War, the Watson Institute's Cost of War project at Brown University has shown. 

"The war in Gaza has, since October 7, 2023, killed more journalists than the US Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined," the paper, authored by investigative journalist Nick Turse, said.

"It is, quite simply, the worst ever conflict for reporters."

Chart shows more journalists killed in Gaza than in any war since 1800s