JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that 170 Gazans killed during the war and widely described as journalists were members of the military wings of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorist groups.

The military said the findings come from an extended review of intelligence, open-source material and documents recovered by troops in Gaza, including records produced by the organizations themselves. It published the names, photographs and roles on a dedicated site, “The Press Files,” at idf.il.

Of the 170, the IDF said 118 served in Hamas’s military wing and 49 in Palestinian Islamic Jihad. One was tied to a group identified as Lords of the Desert, and two to the Popular Resistance Committees. Seventeen crossed into Israel during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, the military said.

Listed roles include snipers, intelligence operatives, engineers, trainers, squad commanders and members of military propaganda and combat-information units. The IDF said some had worked for or with outlets including Reuters, CNN, the BBC, Agence France-Presse, The Associated Press, ABC Australia and Le Monde, as well as local agencies such as Al-Aqsa Media Network, Shams News Agency and Palestine Today.

IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the 170 “were presented as innocent journalists” but “were in fact terrorists” in Gaza’s armed groups. He said Hamas and its supporters have tried to portray Israeli operations as indiscriminate, and that the military would “continue to expose these lies and present the facts.”

The IDF said international outlets have repeatedly accused Israel of deliberately targeting journalists without verified findings, even in cases where the terror groups later identified the dead as their own operatives. It said the deaths of more than 40 people on the list drew United Nations condemnations of Israel.

The military said it does not systematically target journalists and strikes members of terrorist organizations under international law. A press vest, it said in related statements, does not change the status of someone serving in an armed wing.

The site lists each person with a reported media affiliation, organization and military post, along with identification numbers and material the IDF said can be released. The release expanded an earlier posting of 10 names.