International humanitarian law guarantees journalists the same protection as other civilians. Targeted attacks on and the murder of journalists are war crimes. They are also always an attack on democracy and people's right to information. Our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza are amongst the bravest journalists of our time, and they are being killed at a record rate. According to statistics published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 180 journalists and media workers have died in Gaza, elsewhere in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel and Lebanon since October 2023. Of these, 172 are Palestinian. Journalists have been killed despite wearing PRESS identification, while carrying out their work and even in hospitals. In addition, many journalists have been wounded, arrested or disappeared. Israel has long sought to systematically prevent information from being obtained from Gaza. Gazan journalists are our only independent source of information from the territory, which Israel does not allow international journalists to enter, except for a few who travel with the army. Gaza's journalists are documenting a humanitarian crisis in which, according to the United Nations, 470,000 people are on the brink of starvation. The killing of these journalists is a systematic war against the free flow of information. According to the CPJ, Israel has also deliberately targeted journalists with air strikes. The Union of Journalists in Finland demands an independent investigation into every death. When a crime has been committed, the matter must be brought before the International Criminal Court. The consequences of Israel's military actions in Gaza are a tragedy of unprecedented historical proportions. The UJF calls on the Finnish government to take a firmer stance concerning the safety and persecution of journalists and cameramen reporting from the territory. Without them, we would not know about the catastrophic situation in Gaza. The UJF Council, the union's highest decision-making body, met in Helsinki on 22–23 May. Avainsanat: Gaza impunity Press Freedom UJF