I'll check whether a majority of journalists killed in Gaza have been linked to terrorist organizations.
A majority claim has been made by Israeli-affiliated sources, but is disputed by international press-freedom groups and independent researchers, with the answer depending on the definition of "linked":
•Claim that majority were linked - Israeli sources:
•The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center published a 140-page study in December examining, name by name, Palestinians identified as journalists or media workers killed in Gaza, and concluded that roughly 60% were members of or affiliated with terrorist organizations — primarily Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
•The study examined 266 media workers reported killed between Oct. 7, 2023, and Nov. 30, 2025, and found that 157 were members of or affiliated with terror groups. At least 47 belonged to Hamas's military wingand 45 were linked to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. A summary described the same findings as approximately 60%—at least 157 individuals—were affiliated with terrorist organizations, primarily Hamas (104 cases, including 47 confirmed military operatives).
•The Israel Defense Forces said that 170 Palestinians killed during the Gaza war and publicly identified as journalists or media workers were actually members of terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The IDF said it identified 170 Gazans killed during the war who were presented internationally as innocent journalists and media personnel but also served in terrorist organizations' military wings, primarily Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Breakdown cited is 118 belonged to Hamas's military apparatus and 49 to Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
•An HonestReporting audit of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) database found that 120 of the 209 Gazan media workers, or 57 percent, had terrorist ties. Other reporting of that audit said 53 percent of those still listed have terrorist ties and "at least 57 percent of supposed media workers have some ties to terrorist organizations".
•Context and counter-assessment:
•CPJ's own database as of June 25 listed 209 journalists and media workers killed by Israel in Gaza and in Israeli detention centers since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack. Other tallies cite higher numbers, e.g. the Gaza government's Media Office has reported 262 journalists have been killed, and IFJ/others cite over 212-240.
•CPJ said it removed eight names from its database after they were established to be Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, and removed 12 others for separate reasons. After a broader review of 229 deaths after Hamas and PIJ published obituaries, CPJ ultimately removed 22 people from its list, including some it found had participated in combat — but retained others despite militant obituaries, gun photos, or past organisational ties when the evidence did not establish active combatant status.
•CPJ has said its process requires at least two independent sources before someone is added to the database as a journalist or media worker.
•Palestinian researcher Muhammad Shehada reviewed every entry on the IDF's 170-person "Press Files" list and claimed that in the overwhelming majority the IDF presents ZERO credible evidence. In most of them, their pages are literally blank. In 59 cases, he found the IDF did not provide any evidence other than that the claim was "based on multiple intelligence sources", and in another 42 cases provided only decontextualized snippets.
•Shehada and critics note the distinction under international humanitarian law between those who have a "continuous combat function" and those who provide political or other indirect forms of support, like media coverage. Example cited: the document provided for photojournalist Hassan Aslih lists him as a "photographer" involved with "media services" despite IDF labeling him a military operative.
In summary, the "majority linked" figure of ~60%/57% comes from IDF and Meir Amit/HonestReporting analyses that count affiliation, past membership, or employment by Hamas-affiliated outlets (such as Al-Aqsa TV) as a terror link. CPJ and outside researchers have not confirmed that majority were active combatants at time of death, removing only about 20 of 200+ names after review.