Journalists at Haaretz, the liberal Israeli newspaper, have received death threats after they published a cartoon juxtaposing the number of reporters killed while covering the Gaza war with those killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack.

The cartoon is by Noa Olchowski and was one of many drawings published by the newspaper in response to the Paris killings, in which 10 journalists and two police officers died. It says in Hebrew "10 journalists killed in attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, 13 journalists killed last summer in attack on Gaza".

Haaretz reports the threatening comments were posted on the Facebook page of right-leaning politician Ronen Shoval. One Facebook user said: "We must do what the terrorists did to them in France, but at Haaretz." Another wrote: "Let the terrorists eliminate them." One added: "With God’s help, the journalists at Haaretz will be murdered just like in France." All the comments were translated from Hebrew into English by Haaretz in an article published online.

In response to the threats, a Haaretz spokesperson said: "It is astonishing that in the framework of the global debate over freedom of expression and freedom of the press, and at a time when journalists have been killed over the existence of this right, internet users are demanding that Haaretz completely censor a cartoon whose content they do not like."

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) identified 13 media workers who were killed in the Gaza region during Israel's military offensive in summer 2014.