The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Friday that Israel's air strikes on Yemen earlier this month, which killed 31 journalists, were the deadliest single attack on the press in the past 16 years. The committee, headquartered in New York City, said that Israel attacked the office buildings of two newspapers, namely 26th September and Al-Yemen, in Sanaa on Sept 10, leaving 31 journalists dead and at least 22 others injured. Nasser Al-Khadri, editor-in-chief of 26th September, said strikes on their newsroom took place at around 16:45 on Sept 10, when staff members were busy finalizing publication of the weekly paper, which is the Yemeni army's official outlet. He described the attack as an "unprecedented massacre of journalists," which is "brutal and unjustified." As recorded by the committee, the death toll of media staff was the largest since the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines, in which 32 journalists were among those killed when a convoy was ambushed. Israel claimed that its strikes on Sept 10 were aimed at military targets, including the public relations department of the Houthi group in Yemen. The CPJ said Israel's attacks on Yemen mirror previous air strikes in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, failing to distinguish between military targets and journalists, and justifying its actions by groundlessly smearing journalists as terrorists. Since the outbreak of a new round of Israel-Hamas conflict in October 2023, Houthis have launched attacks on Israeli-related ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and attacked targets in Israel with missiles and drones in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Israel has repeatedly carried out air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. SHOTLIST: Sanaa, Yemen - Sept 14, 2025 1. Various of vehicles, destroyed buildings; 2. Various of media workers gathering on ruins of building; 3. Various of ruins, destroyed building, stacks of newspapers; 4. Various of small crowds on ruins of building, vehicle clearing rubble. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]