By | 07.07.2025 16:10 GMT
Agence France-Presse (AFP), the French wire service, issued a warning on Wednesday (23.07.2025) that members of its派出ments in Gaza, particularly those in the company Société des Journalistes de l’Agence France-Presse (SDJ), could face starvation. The service had been conducting its foreign reporting mission in Gaza for six months until most of its staff and shareholders, including AFP management, left the Camp de la Reunion.
According to a post by the SDJ, after the departure of the majority of its staff and shareholders in Gaza over the past year, only a handful of Western journalists remain in the agency. These journalists, collectively known as the “last reporters in Gaza,” are in critical demand for coverage of the ongoing conflict but have faced increasingly challenging circumstances.
Another complication is that AFP reports it is running out of money to afford even basic living expenses for its journalists, who typically earn monthly salaries. The SDJ’s warning adds that those employees, who previously received support from AFP, now find themselves in an unatmospheric situation, with the majority of them living in extreme poverty.
A notable individual in this group is Bashar Taleb, a photographer reported by AFP, whose older brother died During a recent weekend, due to severe hunger linked to the ongoing crisis. The SDJ highlighted the dire circumstances of many respondents and expressed disgruntlement over their situations.
Despite the challenges multiplying, AFP Management Apparently funktioned to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists and their families from Gaza, despite the extreme difficulty of leaving a territory under a strict blockade.
ared a report by AFP management stating: “We see the darkening of their situation for a breath, and the unfounded hope of their omission from the narrative is الواparents. These individuals are young, and their strength is leaving them. They no longer have the physical ability to travel the enclave to do their work. Their heartbreaking calls for help are now daily. The stakes are steep, but AFP management trusts that, with determination and the right moves, they can reach home.”
