Vigil Held In Honor Of Fallen Journalists in Palestine: Ginella Massa Speaks
Over 100 Canadian journalists gathered Thursday evening in solidarity with the dozens of journalists who have been killed since October 7. The vigil, co-organized by Canadian journalists Ginella Massa, Fatima Syed, Inori Roy, and Pacinthe Mattar to highlight the unprecedented targeting of journalists in the last four months, was held outside Toronto Metropolitan University’s Creative School on February 1. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), 85 journalists have been killed since October 7: 78 in Gaza, three in Lebanon, and four in Israel. However, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and the International Federation of Journalists, the death toll is upward of 92 in Gaza.