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People gathered outside the New York Times building on Aug. 10 to commemorate Palestinian journalists killed in the Israeli airstrike in Gaza and to protest the newspaper's role in shaping the general consensus of the attacks.
More than 250 journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.
The rally was organized by a coalition of groups: Global Sumud U.S., Palestine Youth Movements (PYM), PYM U.S., the Palestinian Feminist Collective, and Writers Against the War on Gaza.
In an Instagram post, they noted that Aug. 10 marks the anniversary of “Israel’s deliberate killing of Journalists Anas al-Sharif, alongside his colleagues Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Momen Aliwa, and Mohammed al-Khalidi.”
The journalists were killed in an Israeli air strike on a clearly marked press tent near Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital on 10th August, 2025.
The groups also stated that “Israel’s targeting of journalists is an intentional policy to suppress coverage of its war crimes.”
They argued that outlets like the New York Times had played an active role in enabling this, building public acceptance for the war from the start.
After gathering outside the New York Times building, protesters carrying banners and Palestinian flags marched on to Times Square.
About 4,127 violations against Palestinian journalists were documented between October 2023 and the end of June 2026, according to the Syndicate. It added that 713 journalists' relatives were also killed during the same period.
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