61 journalists were attacked in 2023; half of them by the security forces. Tel Aviv is the city where there were the most attacks against journalists (17 incidents) The month of March saw a record number of attacks Journalists with 13 incidents.
Ten of the 15 attacks were carried out against foreign media teams. Four Israeli journalists were murdered in the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, including Ynet Yedioth Ahronoth photographer Roy Idan who was murdered in Gaza City, minutes after he managed to send a video to the system in which he recorded a Hamas man arriving at the kibbutz on a windsurfer. The complaints submitted to the National Police against police officers suspected of violence against journalists have not received a proper response and the overwhelming majority of The cases, the complaints were closed without criminal or disciplinary measures being taken against the suspected officers. Even when there are witnesses and documentation of the violent incident itself. More and more we are discovering that the Israel Defense Forces does not check the filmed materials at all.