Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today The controversy that erupted after the Committee to Protect Journalists removed some Palestinian journalists from its Gaza death toll is a cover for the grim reality that Israel is the deadliest country in the world for journalistsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeEtan Nechin 09:30 PM • July 02 2026 IDTThe decision this week by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to remove 20 names from its Israel-Gaza war casualties database was quickly seized on by pro-Israel pundits and groups as proof that the organization had been inflating the number of journalists killed by Israel. But the episode revealed something else entirely: how uncertainty surrounding some individual deaths is weaponized to obscure a far larger and more troubling reality.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Haaretz Today NewsletterCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesU.S.-IranGazaNetanyahuSteffen SeibertIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastThe Scandal Over a Revised Gaza Death Toll Is Actually an Attack on JournalismBold, Almost Reckless: Israeli Scientists Seek to Block the Sun's RadiationGermany's Ambassador to Israelis: Steffen Seibert Leaves His PostKnesset Debate Heats Up Over Climate-engineering Conspiracy ClaimsA Thousand Days of Netanyahu's Repulsive Revisionism About October 7Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAdvanced Israeli Systems Sold to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Documents and Images ShowIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsWhy Israelis Should Stop Being Afraid of Mamdani-backed Brad LanderSettlers Tried to Torch Palestinian Homes. They Messed With the Wrong Village103 Nails on the Map: How Israel's Government Is Burying the Two-state SolutionArab World Erupts Over Egypt–Iran LGBT 'Pride Match' in Seattle