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Israeli media is diverse, reflecting the spectrum of Israeli audiences. Notable newspapers include the leftwing [[Haaretz]]<ref>{{cite web |date=16 September 2008 |title=Israel — Hebrew- and English-Language Media Guide |url=https://fas.org/irp/dni/osc/israelmedia.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508142637/https://fas.org/irp/dni/osc/israelmedia.pdf |archive-date=8 May 2021 |access-date=15 July 2022 |publisher=Open Source Center}}</ref>, centrist [[Yedioth Ahronoth|Yedioth Ahronot]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-02-25 |title=Israeli Newspaper Brawl Moving to the Internet |url=https://forward.com/news/2979/israeli-newspaper-brawl-moving-to-the-internet/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref> and center-right [[Israel Hayom]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Historical Dictionary of Israel |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=9781442271852 |editor1=Bernard Reich |page=271 |editor2=David H. Goldberg}}</ref>.The 2024 Freedom House report found Israeli media is "vibrant and free to criticize government policy".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/israel/freedom-world/2024 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Freedom House |language=en}}</ref> In the 2024 [[Press Freedom Index]] by [[Reporters Without Borders]], Israel was placed 101st of 180 countries, second in the Middle East and North Africa.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024 |title=2024 World Press Freedom Index |url=https://rsf.org/en/index?year=2024 |access-date=30 May 2024 |publisher=Reporters Without Borders}}</ref><ref name=RSFNAME>{{cite web |date=2024 |title=Middle East - North Africa Journalism throttled by political pressure |url=https://rsf.org/en/classement/2024/middle-east-north-africa |access-date=30 May 2024 |publisher=Reporters Without Borders}}</ref> Reporters Without Borders noted that the [[Israel Defense Forces]] had killed more than 100 journalists in Gaza. Since the [[Israel–Hamas war]], Israel had been "been trying to suppress the reporting coming out of the besieged enclave while disinformation infiltrates its own media ecosystem."<ref name=RSFNAME /> On 5 May 2024, Israel shut down the local offices of [[Mass media in Qatar|Qatari channel]] [[Al Jazeera]]~~; later that month, Israel briefly seized equipment belonging to the [[Associated Press]], prompting an intervention from the U~~.S. government.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont |first=Peter |date=2024-05-30 |title=Israeli journalist describes threats over reporting on spy chief and ICC |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/30/journalist-threatened-over-reporting-on-spy-chief-and-icc-israeli-newspaper-says |access-date=2024-05-30 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

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