Aug 20, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
Hundreds of Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza – making it the deadliest conflict for reporters in decades. Were their deaths an inevitable consequence of Israel’s war, or has the media…
Frederik ObermaierGuest
Emma du ChatinierHostLise WittemannHostYes, so we will be talking about two of the investigations you did recently regarding Israel's war on Gaza.
but also where we then have seen the reaction of the Israeli military attacking the Gaza Strip.
And we pretty soon realized this is not normal, more than 100 journalists being killed.
Now we are, depending on what calculation you look at, it's between 200 and 260 journalists being killed in the Gaza war.
That was the journalists who got killed there because it was a lot of journalists who attended this conference the years before but who died.
And there was discussion like, shall we do something? Should we go on Blue Sky on Twitter and social media and raise our voice? And we're like, well, that's not what we're here for.
Is there a pattern? What is the reason for so many journalists getting killed there? But immediately, also the war is kicked in.
If it's only Palestinian or Arabic journalists being there, there might be a bias.
So we basically brainstormed, like how about bringing together a team of all those different backgrounds to investigate it jointly.
It took several months then to get it really started because there was a lot of stuff that I didn't have in mind.
For example, that for some journalists in some Arabic countries, it's a crime to work with Israeli journalists.
Yes, so we will be talking about two of the investigations you did recently regarding Israel's war on Gaza.
but also where we then have seen the reaction of the Israeli military attacking the Gaza Strip.
And we pretty soon realized this is not normal, more than 100 journalists being killed.
Now we are, depending on what calculation you look at, it's between 200 and 260 journalists being killed in the Gaza war.
That was the journalists who got killed there because it was a lot of journalists who attended this conference the years before but who died.
And there was discussion like, shall we do something? Should we go on Blue Sky on Twitter and social media and raise our voice? And we're like, well, that's not what we're here for.
Is there a pattern? What is the reason for so many journalists getting killed there? But immediately, also the war is kicked in.
If it's only Palestinian or Arabic journalists being there, there might be a bias.
So we basically brainstormed, like how about bringing together a team of all those different backgrounds to investigate it jointly.
It took several months then to get it really started because there was a lot of stuff that I didn't have in mind.
For example, that for some journalists in some Arabic countries, it's a crime to work with Israeli journalists.
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