The CPJ claims they couldn’t really know; but the headlines were already on fire with “Israel” kils innocent journalists. Then, two or three years after it was obvious to the rest of us that some of them were fake journalists simply to cover up their fighting activities for Hamas or Islamic Jihad:
For several weeks during the Iran-USA-Israel ceasefire, (a) Hez in Lebanon never quit launching against northern Israel. Meanwhile, (b) Iran-supported Houthis in Yemen have mostly quit firing, apparently they had commands from Iran to focus 100% on rearming:
30 June 2026, pg 1, Jerusalem Post.