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2024 was deadliest year for journalists with 124 reporters killed, Committee to Protect Journalists says

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At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2024 , the Committee to Protect Journalists says.

The previous record was 113 journalists killed, in 2007 , during the Iraq War .

About two-thirds of those killed were Palestinians killed by Israel during its Gaza War , the group says.

In at least 10 cases, CPJ says journalists were "deliberately targeted".

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