The War On News

A record of government actions against journalism and fact-based reporting, from the first press laws to today

Claim

Claim 104

A media-freedom body's statement condemning Israel's continued ban on foreign media access to Gaza was reported.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

This claim was superseded by claim 113 (update). It stays here so the history can be checked.

Statement
A media-freedom body's statement condemning Israel's continued ban on foreign media access to Gaza was reported.
Field
occurred_on
Value
2026-01-07
About
incident 2026-israel-maintains-ban-on-independent-press-access-to-gaza
Source
Media body condemns Israel's continued ban on foreign media access to Gaza
Publisher
Al Jazeera
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
superseded
Source date
2026-01-07
Superseded by
Claim 113
Reason
update

Quotation from the source

Instead of presenting a plan for allowing journalists into Gaza independently and letting us work alongside our brave Palestinian colleagues, the government has decided once again to lock us out.