At least Five Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks in the central Gaza Strip in recent hours, leaving a total of 158 informants dead in the enclave since the war began, according to the Hamas government.

“The number of journalists killed increased to 158 since the beginning of the genocidal war. in the Gaza Strip after five more people were killed today,” the Hamas-controlled Gaza government said.

The war in Gaza has been going on for several months now. the deadliest conflict for journalistsas reported by human rights and press freedom organizations.

Israel has launched a wave of attacks on several locations in the central Gaza Strip, including Deir el-Balah or refugee camps Bureij, Magazi and Nuseiratwhich has received the harshest attacks. In just the last few hours, at least 25 people have died in the central area.

Five journalists were killed today, most of them in Nuseirat: Saadi Madouh, Adib Sukkar, Amjad Al-Jahjouh, who was killed along with his wife, Wafa Abu Dabaan and Rizk Abu Shakyan.

Madukh was Director of the production company Deep Shot Media and Sukkar, his employee; Jaju and Shakyan were journalists for the Palestinian Media Agency; and Abu Dabaan was a radio host at the Islamic University of Gaza.

Hamas government counts dead journalists includes journalists who are no longer activeintellectuals and “influencers” documenting the war in Gaza on social media; Therefore, the media give slightly lower figures.

According to the latest data from Reporters Without Borders, Without updates since May, at least 105 Palestinian journalists have died in the war in Gaza, 22 of them while doing their job.

RSF also called the blocking of international media from the sector to report freely, the deliberate targeting of Palestinian journalists, and the closure of the Qatari channel Al Jazeera in Israel an attack on press freedom.