International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is the world’s largest organisation of journalists, representing approximately 600,000 members in more than 140 countries through its national affiliate unions. Headquartered in Brussels, it advocates for press freedom, journalist safety, and labour rights for media workers. In the context of the Gaza War, IFJ works closely with its local affiliate the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), providing granular on-the-ground casualty documentation that complements and often exceeds the CPJ’s independently-verified figures.
Relevance to Gaza Conflict
As of April 2026, IFJ documents at least 235 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza — slightly higher than CPJ’s 207-in-Gaza count, reflecting different methodology (IFJ includes media workers not classified by CPJ as “journalists”). The IFJ/PJS pre-conflict press-corps baseline (~1,300 journalists) is the source for the ~20% press-corps mortality rate calculation in the Gaza Journalists — Targeting of Press investigation.