Were a majority of the Gazan journalists killed since October 7th, 2023 linked to terrorist organizations?

This claim is now in focus — I'll gather data on Gazan journalists killed since Oct 7 and vet any terrorism links.

According to Israeli military and Israeli-affiliated research institutes, a majority were linked to terrorist organizations, though press-freedom groups dispute the classification:

Of the 170, the IDF says 118 belonged to Hamas's military wing and 49 to Palestinian Islamic Jihad . Two were affiliated with the Popular Resistance Committees and one with a group identified as Lords of the Desert . Seventeen are said to have crossed into Israel during the October 7, 2023 attack

The examination indicated that about 60% were members of or affiliated with terrorist organizations, primarily Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).

The breakdown was described as 60%—at least 157 individuals—were affiliated with terrorist organizations, primarily Hamas (104 cases, including 47 confirmed military operatives) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ; 45 , and at least 157 of them, or about 60%, were operatives or affiliated with terrorist organizations, primarily Hamas and PIJ as follows: 104 were identified as Hamas members, of whom at least 47 were members of the movement and/or military operatives; 45 were operatives or affiliated with the PIJ, of whom at least 18 were identified as members of the organization and/or military operatives.

Methodology used two criteria: clear information of membership in an organization or in its military wing, or employment by media outlets belonging to one of the organizations, indicating affiliation with the organization and activity on its behalf.

The research is described as finding that about 60% of individuals identified as journalists killed during the war in Gaza were members of or affiliated with terrorist organizations.

> CPJ ultimately removed 19 terrorists and 3 other fake journalists from the list, but reinstated 4 others [...] That leaves a total of 191 supposed Gazan journalists on the CPJ's rejiggered database—102 of whom still have demonstrable "connections to terrorist groups,"

> An independent review by Israeli media watchdog HonestReporting found that 102 of the 191 names left on the New York-based group's casualty roster still have demonstrable connections to terrorist organizations

> The watchdog's review said 102 of 191 people still on the roster have demonstrable connections to terrorist groups, 53 percent

CPJ itself announced it had removed 20 names from the list, eight because of established links to Hamas, and 12 for other reasons.

Context:

Press-freedom groups and UN officials have contested the IDF/HonestReporting/Meir Amit classifications, arguing that employment by Hamas-affiliated outlets does not equate to combatant status and that the IDF findings have not been independently verified, while Israeli sources argue the dual identity undermines trust and alters the status of journalists according to international law.