Haiti, Israel most likely to let journalists’ murders go unpunished, CPJ 2024 impunity index shows - Committee to Protect Journalists 10/31/24, 10:37 AM Israel’s targeted killing of journalists in Gaza and Lebanon during a relentless war drove it up to the No. 2 spot on this year’s index, which covers the period from September 1, 2014, to August 31, 2024. CPJ has documented the murder of !ve journalists – four Palestinian and one Lebanese – since the war began, and is investigating the possible targeted murders of 10 more journalists. Given the challenges of documenting the war, the number may be far higher. Overall, Israel has killed a record number of Palestinian journalists since the war began on October 7, 2023. How CPJ de"nes ‘murder’ and ‘impunity’ CPJ has been recording data on journalist killings and imprisonment since 1992. Our methodology used since that time across all countries is as follows: Murder Only cases de!ned as “murder” are included in the impunity index. CPJ de!nes “murder” as the killing of a journalist, whether premeditated or spontaneous, when our research enables us to say with reasonable certainty that the individual was killed in direct connection to their work as a journalist. In many cases, we are not able to say conclusively that the killing was connected with someone’s work (for example, in countries with high levels of corruption and crime, such as Mexico, or during wars with high levels of general civilian casualties, such as the Israel-Gaza war). #e fact someone has not been classi!ed as having been “murdered” on the CPJ database should not be taken to mean that CPJ considers the individual to have been lawfully killed. https://cpj.org/thematic-reports/haiti-israel-most-likely-to-let-journalists-murders-go-unpunished-cpj-2024-impunity-index-shows/ Page 4 of 21