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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: Gaza’s Journalists: Reporting Under Fire, Paying with Their Lives
Description: Since October 2023, more than 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza, a Palestinian territory that has seen extensive destruction, displacement and death. More recently, on August 10, 2025, an Israeli drone strike killed seven reporters in a media tent in Gaza City—underscoring the dangers of telling these stories. With food, water and medicine scarce, and press freedom under siege, the question remains: how can the world protect those who continue risking everything to report the truth?
Guest: Sarah Qudah, Middle East and North Africa Regional Director, Committee to Protect Journalists
Host:Â Anupama Chandrasekaran
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