Ten AFP journalists are at risk of starvation in Gaza
The AFP Union posted a statement in French on Monday on the hunger in Gaza and added that "without intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die".
AFP revealed that "one freelance writer, three photographers, and six video freelancers" refused to leave the strip despite the fact that most of AFP journalists left Gaza last year amid the ongoing war.
.@AFP journalists in Gaza say they can no longer work for the news agency; they have no energy and are starving. The French Press Agency is urging the world to intervene. pic.twitter.com/03v8qzNVBE — Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا (@SMohyeddin) July 21, 2025
AFP noted that the 10 reporters are some of the last on-ground journalists in the Gaza Strip, and they are facing harsh circumstances amid a lack of food due to the blockade by the Israeli government.
An AFP journalist in Gaza, called Bashar, wrote on his Facebook account: "My body is thin and I can no longer work."
The union said, "We risk learning of their deaths at any moment, and this is unbearable for us." "We refuse to see them die," it noted.
The French news agency revealed that despite the salaries those journalists get for their reports, but there's nothing to buy.
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