The Parliamentary Assembly strongly condemns Israel’s deliberate targeting and killing of local journalists in Gaza, as well as the ban on international journalists and media organisations entering the Gaza Strip. The Assembly also condemns Hamas’s flagrant violations of press freedom and its harassment of journalists. The Assembly urges Israel to immediately cease targeting journalists and their families, to conduct thorough and independent investigations into all killings of journalists in Gaza, and to punish those responsible whilst providing redress. Israel must also allow foreign journalists, as well as international organisations tasked with providing information or conducting investigations, safe access to the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, the Assembly calls on the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Israeli army against journalists in Gaza and crimes committed by Hamas against Israeli journalists during the attacks of 7 October 2023. The Assembly calls on the member states of the Council of Europe to support the call for international media to be granted immediate, free and safe access to Gaza, to maintain pressure on Israel to ensure a thorough and impartial investigation into all violations committed against journalists during the Israeli-Gaza conflict, and to advocate for the evacuation of Palestinian journalists and their families from Gaza where necessary, as well as to facilitate such evacuations. Finally, the Assembly emphasises the importance of independent journalism, transparency and accountability, and reaffirms its commitment to a peaceful, just and sustainable future for Israelis and Palestinians, based on the two-state solution and in full compliance with international law.