No they did not close major newspapers, but all of them are highly censored at this point and the editor's face intense repercussions for publishing critical articles. Two years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, press freedom inside the country has reached a breaking point. Journalists report escalating censorship, harassment, and self-censorship that, they say, now functions as “part of the war effort.” Independent reporting has sharply declined, leaving the Israeli public with a distorted view of the conflict. An October 2025 report by the Israeli think tank Molad found that only 3% of Channel 12’s coverage in the first six months of the war referenced the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and only two of 206 war-related visuals showed Palestinian civilian casualties. “The Israeli media decided, and decides anew every day, that we will not report on the humanitarian situation,” Haaretz reporter Nir Hasson told CPJ. “The Israeli media is part of the war effort.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/cpj.org/2025/12/under-the-radar-israel-steps-up-censorship-and-suppression-of-independent-reporting/amp/
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