The Palestinian Media Forum announced on Wednesday that the number of Palestinian journalist martyrs in Gaza has risen to 193, since Israel began its genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

The Forum (a non-governmental organization) said in a statement: “The number of martyred journalists has risen to 193, after the martyrdom of journalist Iman Al-Shanti, a broadcaster on the Voice of Al-Aqsa Radio (local), during an Israeli bombardment that targeted her family’s home in Gaza City.”

The statement added: "On the path of freedom paved with blood and sacrifices, and in order to support the oppressed Palestinian people and convey their suffering to the world, journalist Iman Hatem Al-Shanti was killed as a result of a treacherous Israeli bombardment."

The forum denounced "the international silence and inability to protect Palestinian journalists and ensure that they are able to perform their professional duty, in accordance with international laws and humanitarian conventions."