France, April 17 -- Hundreds of journalists joined demonstrations in Paris and Marseille on Wednesday to show solidarity with nearly 200 colleagues killed in Gaza since October 2023.

More than 200 journalists, including prominent members of the French press, staged a symbolic "die-in" in Paris, laying down on the steps of the Bastille Opera as the names of the nearly 200 victims were read out loud.

Many wore red-stained press vests and fake flak jackets and carried photos of journalists killed in Gaza while trying to report on the war launched by Israel following the 7 October attack by Hamas.

"Gaza has faces, not just numbers", read posters showing the photographs of their fallen Palestinian colleagues whose names were read out loud....