At least 6 of the 23 individuals on CPJ’s list of “journalists killed” worked for broadcast outlets run by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, including Al-Aqsa TV, Sowt Al-Asra Radio, and Palestine Today.

The U.S. government in 2010 designated Al-Aqsa Television as a terrorist group, saying it was part of an effort by Hamas to “create institutions with the trappings of legitimacy that are in fact controlled by and used to support a terrorist organization.”

CPJ’s list comes as anti-Israel activists have pointed to the journalist death statistics to accuse Israel of targeting legitimate media activities in Gaza.

[They are not advancing the cause of journalism by including terror propagandists among the reporter casualties. In fact, they are actively setting back the idea of journalism by doing so. — Ed]