Hundreds of journalists joined demonstrations in Paris and Marseille on Wednesday in a show of solidarity for their colleagues killed in Gaza. Protesters in Paris staged a “die-in” to commemorate the nearly 200 journalists killed in the Palestinian enclave since October 2023.

In an op-ed in the leading French daily Le Monde earlier this week, several journalist associations, trade unions and media organisations, including FRANCE 24, condemned the Israeli media blackout in Gaza.

“The Israeli army is imposing a media blackout on Gaza to silence, as much as possible, the witnesses of the war crimes committed by its troops,” said the newspaper column. “This intention to obstruct information is also reflected in the Israeli government’s refusal to allow foreign press access to the Gaza Strip.”