n makeshift tents and vans converted into mobile newsrooms, Palestinian journalists remain on the front lines with their cameras set up and ready to document the daily struggles in Gaza.

With the phrase “Journalism is not a crime” seen in different corners of the Palestinian enclave, local journalists spoke of the difficult conditions they endure living and reporting amid war and displacement.

In Khan Younis, some journalists sleep on thin mattresses in stifling heat, their equipment stacked beside them. Freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker Ezz El-Din Al-Masry said journalists suffer from a double displacement.

"The first mission is that he, as a journalist, is being displaced from one place to another where some of the logistics for journalistic work are available to him, such as electricity and the internet - however, he also needs to provide for his family," he explained.

"Our message to the world and the international community is that it is important to put pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities to provide protection for Palestinian journalists,” said Al Jazeera correspondent Moamen Al-Sharafi in Gaza City.

On Sunday (August 10), an Israeli airstrike killed six journalists including prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al Sharif in a tent at Gaza City's Al Shifa Hospital compound, the deadliest strike against journalists during an Israeli campaign that has lasted more than 22 months.

The attack was condemned by journalists and rights groups.

Israel's military said it targeted and killed Al Sharif, alleging he had headed a Hamas militant cell and was involved in rocket attacks on Israel.

Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatari government, rejected the assertion, and before his death Al Sharif had also denied such claims by Israel.

The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said 238 journalists have been killed since the war started on October 7, 2023. The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict.

Israel denies deliberately targeting journalists, saying many of those killed in Israeli airstrikes were members of Islamist militant groups, working under the guise of the press.

The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed over the border into southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures.

Israel's offensive in Gaza has since killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, according to health officials, and left much of the territory in ruins.

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DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA (AUGUST 11, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS FILMING AMBULANCE BRINGING CASUALTIES TO AL-AQSA MARTYRS HOSPITAL

2. JOURNALIST GETTING INTO THE BACK OF A VAN WHERE HE HAS HIS EQUIPMENT SET UP

3. MEDIA EQUIPMENT SET UP IN THE BACK OF A VAN

4. CAMERAS SET UP OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL

5. VARIOUS OF JOURNALIST WORKING INSIDE A TENT

6. VANS LABELLED PRESS OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL

GAZA CITY, GAZA (AUGUST 11, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

7. VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS IN A TENT

8. JOURNALIST DOING A PIECE TO CAMERA FROM THE TENT, WITH BANNER ON IT READING (Arabic): "CENTRE FOR MEDIA SOLIDARITY"

9. SATELLITE DISH SET UP OUTSIDE A TENT, WITH SIGNS READING "TV"

10. SCREENS, MEDIA EQUIPMENT IN THE BACK OF VAN

11. AL JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT, MOAMEN AL-SHARAFI, SPEAKING TO ANOTHER PERSON

12. JOURNALIST GATHERING OUTSIDE TENT

13. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AL JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT, MOAMEN AL-SHARAFI, SAYING:

"Our coverage as journalists is continuous coverage to convey the voice and image of civilians in the Gaza Strip to the world, through the documentation of the ongoing crimes for two years against Palestinians in various areas of the (Gaza) Strip."

14. JOURNALISTS' TENTS / SATELLITE DISH

15. SATELLITE DISH, WITH SIGN READING "TV", AND ANOTHER SHOWING PHOTOS OF JOURNALISTS AND READING (Arabic): "JOURNALIST IS NOT A CRIME"

16. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AL JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT, MOAMEN AL-SHARAFI, SAYING:

"Our message to the world and the international community is that it is important to put pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities to provide protection for Palestinian journalists. It is also important to work on providing all means of protection and to allow foreign journalists to enter the Gaza Strip to document what is happening on the ground, from Israeli bombing operations against civilians, targeting journalists and doctors, and the cases of starvation too as a result of the severe siege imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities."

17. WRITING ON A WALL READING (English): "SOUND OF GAZA. ANAS IS KILLED. PRESS. JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME. 11-08-2025"

18. MAN SEARCHING THROUGH SCATTERED BELONGINGS

19. VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS IN A TENT

20. AMBULANCE PASSING THROUGH

21. CAMERA SET UP OUTSIDE TENT

22. VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS SITTING IN TENT

KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (AUGUST 11, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

23. TENT WITH SIGN READING (English): "TV. PRESS"

24. JOURNALISTS INSIDE TENT, SOME SLEEPING

25. VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS' BELONGINGS HANGED INSIDE TENT

26. VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS SLEEPING IN TENT

27. FREELANCE JOURNALIST AND DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER, EZZ EL-DIN AL-MASRY, WORKING ON LAPTOP IN TENT

28. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FREELANCE JOURNALIST AND DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER, EZZ EL-DIN AL-MASRY, SAYING:

"As some suffer from a single displacement mission, a journalist suffers from two missions during displacement. The first mission is that he, as a journalist, is being displaced from one place to another where some of the logistics for journalistic work are available to him, such as electricity and the internet - however, he also needs to provide for his family - who are also destined for displacement like the rest of the Palestinian people - to provide them with a displacement place close to him or in another place, so he is split between the work tent and the home tent, and between his work needs and the home needs."

29. VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS WORKING IN TENT

30. VARIOUS OF JOURNALIST SCROLLING THROUGH TELEGRAM ON LAPTOP SCREEN

31. JOURNALIST WORKING ON LAPTOP

32. CAMERAS

33. JOURNALIST, SITTING NEXT TO A FAN, USING HIS PHONE

34. PEOPLE WALKING ON A STREET

35. PRESS VEST

36. CAMERA SET UP ON A TRIPOD

37. VARIOUS OF AN AL JAZEERA REPORTER WORKING

38. PEOPLE OUTSIDE NASSER HOSPITAL