Portraits of journalists in the Israel-Gaza conflict

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The archive is periodically updated to reflect revisions made by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as new information becomes available. Portraits may therefore be added, removed or reclassified in accordance with CPJ’s documented methodology.

April 8, 2026

Mohammed Samir Washah, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher in Gaza, was killed on April 8, 2026, in a targeted drone strike on his car that was travelling on the coastal road near Gaza City. According to a post on X by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee and video footage, Washah was the intended target. Continue

March 28, 2026

On March 28, 2026, Marwan Harzallah, a technician at Palestinian Authority-affiliated Palestine TV, died in Israel’s Megiddo Prison, according to information from Palestinian officials obtained by the family. He was arrested on January 8, 2026, at his home in the town of Zawata, Nablus, northern occupied West Bank, and held in administrative detention, without being sentenced. Continue

March 9, 2026

Journalist Amal Shamaly, a Qatar Radio correspondent, was killed on March 9, 2026, in an Israeli strike on the tents of displaced Palestinians in Sawahra, west of the village of Az Zawayda, in central Gaza, alongside two others, according to news reports.

January 21, 2026

On January 21, 2026, freelance photojournalist Abed Shaat, who was a contributor to Agence France-Presse (AFP) and CBS News, was murdered alongside two other journalists in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in central Gaza during an ongoing ceasefire. Continue

On January 21, 2026, Anas Ghnaim, a freelance photographer and drone operator who worked for Smart Media, was murdered alongside two other journalists in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in central Gaza during an ongoing ceasefire. Continue

On January 21, 2026, Mohammad Qeshta, a spokesperson for the Egyptian Committee who reported news to his large Telegram following, was murdered alongside two other journalists in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in central Gaza during an ongoing ceasefire. Continue

December 2, 2025

On December 2, 2025, freelance photojournalist and drone operator Mahmoud Wadi, 34, was killed when an Israeli drone fired a missile at him in central Khan Younis as he prepared to launch a drone to film destruction in the city. Wadi, a father of one, worked independently with several media outlets, including the Qatari-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera and Al Jazeera Mubasher, Al Araby TV, and privately owned Al-Ghad TV. Continue

October 19, 2025

Ahmed Abu Mutair, a Palestinian broadcast engineer for Palestine Media Production (PMP), a media production company based in Gaza that provides services to both local and international clients, was killed on October 19, 2025, when an Israeli drone fired a missile that struck the company’s headquarters in Al-Zawaida, central Gaza. Continue

October 12, 2025

Saleh Aljafarawi, 28, a freelance Palestinian journalist who gained prominence on social media for his coverage of the war, was shot and killed on October 12, 2025, by members of an armed Palestinian group in Gaza City.

On October 12, violent clashes erupted in Gaza City — primarily in the Al-Sabra and Tel al-Hawa neighborhoods — between Hamas security forces and armed factions, including groups linked to the Doghmush clan and a militia led by Yasser Abu-Shabab, who is reportedly backed by Israel to weaken Hamas’s control. The fighting followed Israel’s partial withdrawal from parts of Gaza, creating a power vacuum that fueled internal rivalries. Continue

September 30, 2025

Yahia Barzaq, 35, a Palestinian freelance photographer who collaborated with Turkish broadcaster TRT World, was killedon September 30, 2025, when an Israeli airstrike hit a group of civilians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, killing several people. Continue

September 27, 2025

Mohammed al-Daya, 38, a Palestinian journalist and social media editor for the Palestinian Information Center, a media outlet close to Hamas, was killed on September 27, 2025, when an Israeli drone fired a missile that hit the tent where his family was living in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Continue

September 17, 2025

Mohammed Alaa Al-Sawalhi, 21, a Palestinian cameraman with Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, was killed on September 17, 2025, in an Israeli drone strike at the southern gate of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex. The attack reportedly killed several people and wounded others, including Al-Sawalhi’s brother, journalist Belal Alaa Al-Sawalhi, 23, who was seriously injured.

September 15, 2025

Mohammed Al Kuaifi, a 37-year old Palestinian journalist with Safa News Agency, was killed on September 15, 2025, in an Israeli drone strike while sheltering with relatives and other displaced people on a rooftop in Gaza City’s Al-Nasr neighborhood. He died alongside his brother-in-law and niece. Continue

September 7, 2025

Osama Balousha, a 30-year-old Palestinian photographer with Siraj Media Network — which has had its website shut down during the war but continued publishing on social media — was killed on September 7, 2025, when Israeli warplanes bombed his family home in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood. His parents and three siblings also died in the strike, which came as Israeli forces intensified bombardment in northern Gaza, forcing residents to the south. Continue

September 2, 2025

Rasmi Jihad Salem, 30-year-old Palestinian camera operator with Al-Manara TV Production Company, which provides broadcast services to the Iranian Arabic-language channel Al-Alam, was killed on September 2, 2025, in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City. The strike also wounded three other people. Continue

Ayman Haniyeh, a Palestinian broadcast engineer with Al-Manara TV Production Company,  which provides broadcast services to the Iranian Arabic-language channel Al-Alam, was killed on September 2, 2025, in an Israeli drone strike on Gaza City, minutes before he was due to arrive home to celebrate his 26^th birthday. Continue

August 31, 2025

Al Quds Today TV reporter Islam Abed, 36, was killed along with members of her family in an Israeli drone strike on her apartment complex in Gaza City’s Al-Rimal neighborhood on August 31, 2025. Continue

August 25, 2025

Palestinian freelance photojournalist Mariam Abu Dagga, who contributes to Independent Arabia and the Associated Press, was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on August 25, 2025.

Abu Dagga; journalist Hussam Al-Masri, a Reuters contractor; Al Jazeera camera operator Mohammed Salama; freelance journalist Ahmed Abu Aziz who contributes to Quds Feed, and freelance video journalist Moaz Abu Taha, were among at least 20 people killed in two Israeli strikes on the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on Monday morning. Al-Masri was killed in the first strike, while the others were killed while covering the aftermath of the previous Israeli strike. Continue

Palestinian freelance video journalist Moaz Abu Taha, who contributes to Independent Arabia, was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on, August 25, 2025. Continue

Palestinian journalist Mohammed Salama, Al Jazeera camera operator, was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on August 25, 2025. Continue

Palestinian journalist Hussam Al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on August 25, 2025. Continue

Palestinian freelance journalist Ahmed Abu Aziz, who contributes to Quds Feed as a correspondent, was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on August 25, 2025. Continue

August 10, 2025

Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was murdered in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent housing journalists outside the main gate of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital. The attack killed Al Jazeera’s  entire team of five journalists in the city, as well as freelancer Mohammad al-Khaldi.
At 11:22 p.m. on Sunday, an Israeli drone bombed the Al Jazeera tent inside the Al-Shifa medical complex in western Gaza with a single missile. I was about 40 meters away from them, and shrapnel even reached me,” eyewitness and journalist Wadeaa Abu Al-Saud told CPJ. He said al-Sharif had been inside the hospital’s reception area, covering a missile strike 10 minutes before his death. Continue

Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, was murdered in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent housing journalists outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital. The attack killed Al Jazeera’s  entire team of five journalists in the city, as well as freelancer Mohammad al-Khaldi. Continue

Al Jazeera camera operator Moamen Aliwa was murdered in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent housing journalists outside the main gate of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital. The attack killed Al Jazeera’s  entire team of five journalists in the city, as well as freelancer Mohammad al-Khaldi. Continue

Palestinian freelance journalist Mohammad al-Khaldi, who contributed to the Palestinian NGO Filastiniyat and the local online platform Sahat, was murdered in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent housing journalists outside the main gate of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital. The attack killed Al Jazeera’s entire team of five journalists in the city. Continue

Al Jazeera camera operator Ibrahim Zaher, 25, was murdered in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent housing journalists outside the main gate of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital. The attack killed Al Jazeera’s entire team of five journalists in the city, as well as freelancer Mohammad al-Khaldi. Continue

Al Jazeera camera operator Mohammed Noufal, 28, was murdered in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent housing journalists outside the main gate of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital. The attack killed Al Jazeera’s entire team of five journalists in the city, as well as freelancer Mohammad al-Khaldi. Continue

June 30, 2025

The 34-year-old Abu Hatab, founder of the Clight TV production company, was among dozens of people killed in the strike. Freelance journalist Bayan Abusultan was injured, struck by shrapnel in the chest and head. Continue

June 9, 2025

Moamen Abu AlOuf, a 19-year-old Palestinian freelance photographer, was killed on the evening of June 9, 2025, while documenting the rescue efforts of medical teams retrieving casualties following an Israeli shelling of a Palestinian home in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, according to his brother, Majd, and his colleague and friend, Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

June 6, 2025

Ahmad Qalaja, a 23-year-old freelance photojournalist working with Qatari-funded Al-Araby TV, died in the early hours of June 6, 2025, succumbing to his injuries approximately 15 hours after being injured in a drone strike by Israeli forces the previous day. Continue

June 5, 2025

Ismail Baddah, a 33-year-old photojournalist for the Islamic Jihad-affiliated Palestine Today TV satellite channel, was killed on the morning of Thursday, June 5, 2025, by an Israeli drone strike while he was in the courtyard of Al-Ahli-Baptist Hospital along with his colleague, Suleiman Hajjaj, an editor for the channel, and Ahmed Qalaja, a camera operator working for the Qatari-funded Al-Araby TV.  Continue

Suleiman Hajjaj, a 32-year-old journalist and for the Islamic Jihad-affiliated Palestine Today satellite channel, was killed on Thursday morning, June 5, 2025, by an Israeli drone strike while he was in the courtyard of the Al-Ahli-Baptist Hospital, along with his colleague, Ismail Baddah, a camera operator for the channel, and Ahmed Qalaja, a camera operator working for the Qatari-funded Al-Araby TV. Continue

May 25, 2025

Hassan Abu Warda, the 33-year-old Palestinian owner and director of the social media-based Barq Gaza news agency, was killed in the early hours of May 25, 2025, by an Israeli airstrike on his home in the Jabalia al-Nazla area in northern Gaza, along with several family members, according to multiple news reports. Continue

May 15, 2025

Hassan Samour, a 44-year-old Palestinian host and producer for the Hamas-affiliated Al Aqsa Voice Radio, was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on his home near Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on May 15, 2025, along with 11 family members. Continue

Ahmed Al-Helou, a 34-year-old graphic designer and video editor for the Ramallah-based privately owned Quds News Network, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family’s tent in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis, on May 15, 2025. Continue

May 7, 2025

Noureddine Abdo, a 29-year-old Palestinian journalist who contributed to the local privately owned Al-Shareq News Network, was killed on May 7, 2025, in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, eastern Gaza City, according to multiple media reports. Continue

Yahya Sobeih, a 32-year-old Palestinian freelance video editor and reporter who contributed to the local online outlets Sabaq 24 News Agency and Palestine Post, was killed on May 7, 2025, by an Israeli drone strike on a café in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in central Gaza City, according to multiple media reports. Continue

April 16, 2025

Fatma Hassona, a 25-year-old Palestinian freelance photographer, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home in the Al Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, before dawn on April 16, 2025, according to multiple media reports. Continue

April 7, 2025

Ahmed Mansour, an editor for the pro-Palestinian Islamic Jihad news agency Palestine Today, died late on April 7, 2025, after being severely burned by in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a tent in Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis at around 1:25 a.m. on April 7, 2025. Continue

March 24, 2025

Hossam Shabat, a 23-year-old Palestinian correspondent in northern Gaza for the Qatari-based Al Jazeera Mubasher, was killed on March 24, 2025, in an Israeli strike on his car near the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahia. Continue

Mohammed Mansour, a 30-year-old Palestinian journalist who worked as a reporter for the pro-Islamic Jihad, Beirut-based Palestine Today TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on March 24, 2025. Mansour’s wife was injured in the strike. 

Al Jazeera’s E-Learn platform posted a video featuring Mansour on March 23, where he spoke of the hardships Palestinian journalists and the media industry faced because of the war. Continue

March 15, 2025

Mahmoud Samir Islim Al-Basos, a 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist who contributed to Reuters and Anadolu news wires, was killed in an Israeli drone strike on March 15, 2025, that targeted him and a team of aid workers in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, according to multiple news reports and sources who spoke to CPJ. Continue

January 15, 2025

Ahmed Abu Al-Rous, a 29-year-old Palestinian journalist who worked as a reporter and photographer for the local Assulta Arrabaa (Fourth Estate) news agency, was one of five people killed when an Israeli drone strike hit his car on January 15, 2025, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, days before a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza began, according to multiple news reports. Continue

Ahmed Al Shayyah, a 38-year-old Palestinian freelance journalist, who contributed to Al Jazeera and Quds Press Agency, was killed on January 15, 2025, when an Israeli airstrike hit an area where meals for the displaced Gazans are cooked, west of Khan Yunis, according to multiple news reports and his brother, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

January 14, 2025

Mohammed Al-Talmas, a 40-year-old Palestinian journalist who worked as an editor for Safa News Agency, was injured on January 13, 2025, when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a building in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City. Al-Talmas died due to these injuries on the morning of January 14, 2025, according to his employer, multiple news reports, and his cousin, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

January 10, 2025

Saed Abu Nabhan, a 25-year-old freelance camera operator and photographer who worked with the privately owned Al-Ghad TV and Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency, was shot dead by an Israeli sniper while reporting on January 10, 2025, in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to multiple news reports. Continue

January 3, 2025

Omar Al Dirawi, a Palestinian photographer and camera operator for the local Assulta Arrabaa (Fourth Estate) news agency, was killed alongside several family members in an Israeli airstrike on his home in the town of Al-Zawaida in central Gaza, at 3 a.m. on January 3, 2025, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, his brother and a colleague, who both spoke with CPJ.​ Continue

Areej Shaheen, a Palestinian freelance photographer, was killed on January 3, 2025, when Israeli airstrikes hit her family home near the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to multiple news reports, her brother and a colleague, both of whom spoke with CPJ. The strike also killed Shaheen’s mother and injured her father. Continue

January 2, 2025

Hassan Al-Qishawi, a Palestinian freelance photographer who worked for the Indonesian news site Gaza Media and its affiliated humanitarian organization INH, was killed on January 2, 2025, in an Israeli drone strike in western Gaza City while documenting the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike, according to the Beirut-based press freedom organization SKeyes, news reports, and his brother, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

December 26, 2024

Ayman Al Gedi, a Palestinian journalist and a camera operator for Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, a channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group, was one of five journalists and media workers killed in a December 26, 2024 strike on their vehicle outside Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. The Associated Press reported that footage showed the van had visible press markings. Continue

Faisal Abu Al Qumsan, a Palestinian journalist and a correspondent for Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, a channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group, was one of five journalists and media workers killed in a December 26, 2024 strike on their vehicle outside Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. The Associated Press reported that footage showed the van had visible press markings. Continue

Ibrahim Sheikh Ali, a Palestinian media worker and a field producer and fixer for Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, a channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group, was one of five journalists and media workers killed in a December 26, 2024 strike on their vehicle outside Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. The Associated Press reported that footage showed the van had visible press markings. Continue

Mohammed Al-Ladaa, an editor for Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, a channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group, was one of five journalists and media workers killed in a December 26, 2024 strike on their vehicle outside Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. The Associated Press reported that footage showed the van had visible press markings. Continue

Fadi Hassouna, a photographer and editor for Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, a channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group, was one of five journalists and media workers killed in a December 26, 2024 strike on their vehicle outside Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. The Associated Press reported that footage showed the van had visible press markings. Continue

December 18, 2024

Mohammed Al-Sharafi, a 25-year-old Palestinian journalist who freelanced as a photographer and editor for Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV, was killed along with his brothers, Moaz and Diaa, in an Israeli strike on Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on December 18, 2024, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, his father, Freed Al-Sharafi, and a colleague, who both spoke to CPJ. Neighbors found their bodies two days later, those sources said. Continue

December 15, 2024

Ahmed Al-Louh, a 39-year-old Palestinian journalist who freelanced with multiple outlets including the Qatar-funded Al Jazeera, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat camp in Gaza City, on December 15, 2024, according to AlJazeera and multiple news reports.

The Al Jazeera Media Network said in a statement that Al-Louh was covering the Palestinian civil defense forces’ rescue operations of a family severely injured in an earlier Israeli strike. Four Palestinian civil defense workers were also killed, according to those reports. Continue

December 14, 2024

Mohammed Balousha, a 38-year-old Palestinian journalist and a reporter for the Emirati-owned Dubai-based Al Mashhad Media was killed in an Israeli drone strike when he was returning from a medical checkup at the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood clinic in northern Gaza City, on December 14, 2024, according to the outlet and multiple news reports. Continue

Mohammed Al Qrinawi, a Palestinian journalist and the editor at the local Snd news agency, was killed along with his wife and their three children, in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on December 14, 2024, according to his outlet and multiple news reports.

Snd news agency said that Al Qrinawi worked as an editor and reporter at the agency “where he worked to cover and convey the suffering of citizens in the Gaza Strip during the war through his distinctive stories and reports despite the harsh conditions resulting from the ongoing war of genocide.” Continue

December 11, 2024

Iman Al Shanti, a 36 year-old Palestinian journalist who was a host and producer for Al-Aqsa Radio and a reporter for Al Jazeera’s AJ+ platform during the war, was killed with her family in an Israeli airstrike on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza on December 11, 2024, according to multiple news reports.

Al Shanti was the producer and host of the Al-Aqsa Radio show “The Origin of the Story,” those sources said. Continue

November 30, 2024

Maisara Salah, a 22-year-old Palestinian video editor, camera operator, and graphic designer who freelanced for the Ramallah-based privately owned news agency Quds News Network lived in the Sheikh Zayed area of northern Gaza.​

He died on November 30, 2024, after being injured on November 27 in an Israeli drone strike near Awni al-Harthani School, which was sheltering displaced people, in Beit Lahia, according to multiple media reports and his brother who spoke to CPJ. Continue

Mamdouh Qanita, a 42-year-old Palestinian journalist and editor for the Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV, was killed by a gunshot from an Israeli drone while he was inside the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City on the evening of November 30, 2024, according to multiple media reports. Continue

November 11, 2024

Mahdi Al-Mamluk, a Palestinian external broadcast engineer for the Islamic Jihad-affiliated Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike west of Gaza City on November 11, 2024, according to news reports, and his manager, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

November 9, 2024

Ahmed Abu Skheil, a Palestinian photographer for the Gaza-based Al-Elamya News Agency was killed when Israeli warplanes bombed the Fahd al-Sabah School in the al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City on the morning of November 9, 2024. Continue

Zahraa Abu Skheil, a Palestinian reporter for the Gaza-based Al-Elamya News Agency was killed when Israeli warplanes bombed the Fahd al-Sabah School in the al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City on the morning of November 9, 2024. Continue

November 1, 2024

Bilal Rajab, a 27-year-old Palestinian journalist and a camera operator for the Islamic Jihad-affiliated Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, was killed on November 1, 2024, in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza City, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes and news reports. Continue

October 31, 2024

Amr Abu Odeh, a 26-year-old Palestinian freelance photographer for Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency and Reuters news agency was killed on October 31, 2024, by a strike from an Israeli drone that hit a group of civilians in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes and news reports. Continue

October 27, 2024

Nadia Emad Al Sayed, a Palestinian freelance broadcast host, was killed alongside eight others in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Shati camp in Gaza City on October 27, 2024.

The airstrike also killed Saed Radwan, a reporter with Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, and freelance journalist Haneen Baroud.

Emad Al Sayed’s husband, Muhammad Masoud, told CPJ they were surprised when Israel began bombing the school around 1:15 p.m., including one of the classrooms they turned into a make-shift newsroom.

The head of the programs department at Al-Aqsa Radio, Ahmed Zughbour, told CPJ that “the strike was direct to the classroom they were in. to the point that our colleague Saed was shattered into pieces, and our colleague Nadia was also difficult to recognize at first.” Continue

Haneen Baroud, a Palestinian journalist and freelance video editor who contributed to the pro-Hamas Al Majedat Media Network, was killed alongside eight others in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Gaza City’s Shati camp on October 27, 2024.

The airstrike also killed Saed Radwan, a reporter with Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV, and freelance journalist Nadia Emad Al Sayed.

Emad Al Sayed’s husband, Muhammad Masoud, told CPJ they were surprised when Israel began bombing the school around 1:15 p.m., including one of the classrooms they turned into a makeshift newsroom.

The head of the programs department at Al-Aqsa Radio, Ahmed Zughbour, told CPJ that “the strike was direct to the classroom they were in. to the point that our colleague Saed was shattered into pieces, and our colleague Nadia was also difficult to recognize at first.”

Baroud’s four brothers were killed during the war, according to a feature about her published posthumously by the pro-Hamas newspaper Felesteen. Continue

Saed Radwan, a Palestinian journalist and manager of the digital media department of the Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV, was killed alongside eight others in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Shati camp in Gaza City on October 27, 2024.

The airstrike also killed freelance journalists Haneen Baroud and Nadia Emad Al Sayed.

Emad Al Sayed’s husband, Muhammad Masoud, told CPJ they were surprised when Israel began bombing the school around 1:15 p.m., including one of the classrooms they turned into a make-shift newsroom.

The head of the programs department at Al-Aqsa Radio, Ahmed Zughbour, told CPJ that “the strike was direct to the classroom they were in. to the point that our colleague Saed was shattered into pieces, and our colleague Nadia was also difficult to recognize at first.” Continue

October 25, 2024

Ghassan Najjar, a camera operator for the pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV, was killed at around 3 a.m. on October 25, when an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing 18 journalists from multiple media outlets in Hasbaya, a town in southern Lebanon. The strike also killed Al-Mayadeen broadcast engineer Mohammed Reda and Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV’s camera operator Wissam Kassem. Continue

Wissam Qassem, camera operator for the Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV, was killed at around 3 a.m. on October 25, when an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing 18 journalists from multiple media outlets in Hasbaya, a town in southern Lebanon. The strike also killed pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV’s camera operator Ghassan Najjar and broadcast engineer Mohammed Reda. Continue

Mohammed Reda, broadcast engineer for Al-Mayadeen, was killed at about 3 a.m. on October 25, when an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing 18 journalists from multiple media outlets in south Lebanon’s Hasbaya area, also killing pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV’s camera operator Ghassan Najjar, and Hezbollah-owned Al–Manar TV’s camera operator Wissam Kassem. Continue

October 15, 2024

Tareq AlSalhi, a 29-year-old Palestinian photojournalist who worked for the social media based Gaza Live network, which publishes on WhatsApp, Telegram and X, was killed on October 15, 2024, along with several members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on his uncle’s house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to SKeyes and his brother Belal AlSalhi, who spoke to CPJ.

Belal AlSalhi, told CPJ that “my brother Tareq and a large number of family members were in my uncle’s house in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, when the Israeli air force bombed my uncle Munir’s house at dawn … which completely emptied and destroyed the apartment in which they were sleeping. His two children, Abdullah and Muhammad, and my cousin and my aunt were killed with him.”

October 9, 2024

Mohammed Al-Tanani, a 26-year-old Palestinian journalist and the camera operator for the Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV channel, was killed when an Israeli drone fired close to his TV crew covering Israeli forces operations in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to news reports and his colleague, who spoke to CPJ. The drone strike also injured TV correspondent, Tamer Lubbad.

Both Lubbad and Al-Tanani were wearing “Press” vests and helmets, making them clearly identifiable as journalists, according to videos posted online and Lubbad.

Lubbad told CPJ via messaging app that “we went to monitor and cover the situation after we learned that the Israeli occupation forces are besieging the Jabalia camp and its residents.” Lubbad said the crew filmed their report at an area close to the camp that was not considered dangerous. “After finishing it, and as we were leaving the area at about 4:30 p.m., a drone fired missiles that hit Mohammed directly, which immediately killed him, Lubbad said.

Lubbad told CPJ that “Mohammed Al-Tanani was martyred immediately, as the missile cut through his lower half, and I was hit by shrapnel behind my left shoulder and shrapnel next to my colon.” Lubbad said “repeated and deliberate gunfire” from Israeli forces prevented ambulance crews from reaching Al-Tanani’s body for two hours.

October 6, 2024

AlHassan Hamad, an 18-year-old Palestinian journalist and freelance photographer who worked with several media outlets including Al Jazeera and Media Town TV production company during the war, was killed by a missile fired from an Israeli drone on the morning of Sunday, October 6, 2024, according to multiple news reports, and his father and employer, who spoke to CPJ. News outlets also published the last video Hamad shot shortly before he was killed.

Hamad’s remains were taken to the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza.

“All that remains of AlHassan is some of his hair and body parts weighing no more than five kilograms [11 pounds],” Abdul Rahim Hamad, Hassan’s father, told CPJ. Hassan’s father said that his son was on the roof of their house in Jabalia camp at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday filming the new Israeli incursion into the northern Gaza Strip that began hours before his killing ,when a missile from a missile from a drone “shattered him.” He believes that his son was directly targeted. Continue

October 5, 2024

Abdul Rahman Bahr, a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist who worked as a photographer and camera operator for the independent Palestine Breaking News website that he also co-founded, was killed on October 6, 2024, by an Israeli drone strike on Gaza City, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, reports by his employer and other news outlets, and his mother, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

October 3, 2024

Noor Abu Oweimer, a Palestinian journalist and a freelance podcaster for Qatari-based Al Jazeera Mubashar, was killed on October 3, 2024, from injuries she sustained in a July Israeli bombing of her family’s home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to SKeyes and her brother, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

September 29, 2024

Wafa Al-Udaini, a 39-year-old Palestinian journalist who wrote for The Guardian newspaper and the pro-Palestinian Middle East Monitor and worked as an English-language media coordinator at the Gaza-based Al-Thuraya Media and Communications Foundation, was killed along with her husband and two of her children when an Israeli airstrike hit their home in the central Gazan city of Deir Al Balah, her brother Hani Al-Udaini told CPJ.

Al-Udaini reported on the day-to-day reality of the war in Gaza, the challenges that journalists there face, and the deaths of her colleagues since October 7, 2023.

Diana Al-Maghribi, who worked with Al-Udaini at the Al-Thuraya Media and Communications Foundation, told CPJ that Al-Udaini studied English at university and loved working for English-language media. 

“She was very committed to her work, and she had achievements that made an impact,” Al-Maghribi said, adding that Al-Udaini mentored many younger journalists in writing for English-language outlets. “She never got tired of her work and her message, even during the most difficult circumstances,” she said.

Al-Maghribi said the last time they communicated was a few days before her death, when she asked Al-Udaini why she remained at home when it was so dangerous. “She told me that there is no safe place in the Gaza Strip, and that everywhere is exposed to bombing,” Al-Maghribi said.

CPJ emailed the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) North America Media Desk for comment on October 3 but did not receive an immediate response.

In CPJ’s late September email to the IDF about other journalists killed in Gaza, their North America Media Desk asked CPJ for the journalists’ IDs and “relevant coordinates,” which CPJ explained it could not provide due to research limitations. The IDF said it takes “all operationally feasible measures” to prevent harm to journalists and other civilians.

August 27, 2024

Mohammed Abed Rabbo, a 35-year-old Palestinian journalist and the director of the IT department at Al-Manara Agency, was killed by an Israeli air strike along with his sister, Sumaya, in their rented apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp on the evening of Tuesday, August 27, 2024, according to media reports, and his brother, father, and a colleague, who spoke to CPJ.

CPJ emailed the Israel Defense Forces’ North America Media Desk in late September 2024, asking for comment on the killing of Abed Rabbo. In an exchange that followed, the IDF asked CPJ for the journalists’ IDs and “relevant coordinates,” which CPJ explained it could not provide due to research limitations. The IDF then said it could not fully address CPJ’s inquiry due to a lack of “sufficient details.” The IDF said it takes “all operationally feasible measures” to prevent harm to journalists and other civilians, asserting that “many” on CPJ’s list were Hamas members and therefore lawful targets, but did not name the journalists or provide evidence they were Hamas fighters. 

August 20, 2024

Hamza Murtaja, a 32-year-old Palestinian journalist who was a co-owner and camera operator for the privately owned Record Media production company, was killed while on assignment in an Israeli airstrike at the Hafiz Mustafa school in Gaza City, along with 11 others, according to multiple media reports. 

August 18, 2024

Ibrahim Muhareb, a 26-year-old Palestinian freelance journalist, who worked with multiple outlets including the local Al-Hadath newspaper, was killed when an Israeli tank fired towards a group of journalists reporting in the Hamad city area, northwest of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, according to multiple news reports. Freelance journalist Salma Al-Qaddoumi was also injured in the incident.

August 9, 2024

Tamim Abu Muammar, a Palestinian journalist and editor for the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Voice of Palestine,” was killed in an Israeli airstrike, along with family members, on August 9, 2024, in the al-Tahliyyah area, east of Khan Yunis, according to media reports and several people who spoke to CPJ.

The strike killed Abu Muammar, 49, his wife and three daughters. His two sons survived because he had sent them to buy ice cream minutes before the bombing, according to Tamim’s relative, colleague at the radio station, and close friend, who spoke to CPJ.

August 6, 2024

Mohammed Issa Abu Saada, a 31-year-old Palestinian freelance photographer and videographer who worked with several outlets including the local online outlet Sahat and Al Sharqiya Pulse, was killed with at least two family members in an Israeli strike on his uncle’s home in the Al-Zana neighborhood of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, Sahat, and Arabi21 news site.

July 31, 2024

Ismail Al Ghoul, a Palestinian journalist working for the Qatar-funded Al Jazeera Arabic TV channel, was killed in an Israeli strike on a car he and his colleague Rami Al Refee were using near Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera and multiple news reports. Those sources said that Al Ghoul was wearing a press vest when he was killed.

Al Ghoul and Al Refee were covering the aftermath of the assassination of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, reporting from in front of Haniyeh’s home in Gaza an hour before they were killed.

Al Jazeera said in its live coverage that Al Ghoul and Al Refee were leaving the scene after an Israeli order to evacuate the area when they were hit, and that it believes the journalists were deliberately targeted.

Al Ghoul was previously arrested by the IDF at Al Shifaa hospital in northern Gaza.

Rami Al Refee, a Palestinian camera operator freelancing for Al Jazeera, was killed in an Israeli strike on a car he and his colleague Ismail Al Ghoul were using near Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera and multiple news reports.

Al Ghoul and Al Refee were covering the aftermath of the assassination of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, reporting from in front of Haniyeh’s home in Gaza an hour before they were killed.

Al Jazeera said in its live coverage that Al Ghoul and Al Refee were leaving the scene after an Israeli order to evacuate the area when they were hit, and that it believes the journalists were deliberately targeted.

July 29, 2024

Mohammed Abu Daqqa, a 25-year-old freelance Palestinian journalist who contributed to the local Al-Hadath newspaper, was killed in an Israeli drone strike on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday, July 29, 2024, according to multiple news reports, SKeyes and people who spoke to CPJ.

Abu Daqqa was a practicing lawyer in addition to his freelance journalistic work. The father of two girls, he started working as a freelancer the year before his 2020 graduation from the law faculty at the Islamic University in Gaza City. He was killed while reporting on the war in Khan Yunis city, according to SKeyes.

July 20, 2024

Mohammed Abu Jasser, a Palestinian journalist working for the Hamas-affiliated newspaper Al-Risala and the pro-Hamas newspaper Felesteen, was killed along with his mother, wife, and at least two of his children in an Israeli airstrike at about 3 a.m. in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to Felesteen, news reports, and the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes.
Abu Jasser was born onSeptember 7, 1985, Felesteen reported. He obtained a master’s degree in journalism from the Islamic University of Gaza and freelanced for multiple outlets, including the privately owned, Qatar-funded Ultra Palestine news site, and the Abu Dhabi-based magazine Zahrat Al Khaleej, it said.
Since October 7, Abu Jasser frequently reported on airstrikes and funerals in northern Gaza. On October 13, he posted on Facebook, “For me and all my family, we’re not leaving.”

On Facebook, Abu Jasser shared multiple emotional posts about the agony of losing his brother, Abdallah, during the war. His last post was a video of a funeral, captioned “daily scene in Gaza.”

July 15, 2024

Mohamed Meshmesh, the 40-year-old Palestinian director of programs at the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, was killed, along with his son, on July 16, 2024, when Israeli warplanes bombed a United Nations Palestinian relief agency (UNRWA) school in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, which was housing displaced people, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes and news reports. Continue

July 13, 2024

Mohammed Manhal Abu Armana, a Palestinian journalist and photographer for the local pro-Hamas news agency Palestine Now, was killed in Israeli drone strike on the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis, on July 13, 2024, according to multiple media reports, a friend, and his uncle, who spoke to CPJ. 

Abu Armana was capturing pictures of the casualties and aid work after Israeli airstrikes killed displaced Palestinians living in tents in al-Mawasi, a coastal southern Gaza area designated a humanitarian zone, when a missile from an Israeli drone killed him instantly.

His friend, freelance photographer Firas Abu Sharkh, was injured in the same incident. Abu Sharkh told CPJ by phone that they were on location during the bombing of the “safe zone.”

July 6, 2024

Amjad Juhjouh, a 28-year-old Palestinian journalist and editor at the Belgium-based European Institute for Training and Development (EUTD), which creates content for websites, and a writer at the pro-Hamas Palestine Now news agency, was killed in Israeli airstrike alongside his pregnant wife – journalist Wafaa Abu Dabaan – their son, and Juhjouh’s brother-in-law, journalist Rizq Abu Shakian, on July 6, 2024, according to media reports and people who spoke to CPJ. Continue

Rizq Abu Shakian, a Palestinian media worker and administrator for the pro-Hamas Palestine Now Agency, was killed alongside journalists Wafaa Abu Dabaan and Amjad Juhjouh in an Israeli airstrike on the morning of July 6, 2024, in his home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to media reports and his wife and employer, who spoke to CPJ.

Wafaa Abu Dabaan, a 28-year-old Palestinian journalist at Islamic University Radio and the Belgium-based European Institute for Training and Development (EUTD), was five months pregnant with her second child when she and, her husband, Amjad Juhjouh, were killed by an Israeli airstrike on the morning of Saturday, July 6, 2024. Continue

July 5, 2024

Saadi Madoukh, a Palestinian journalist and freelance camera operator for outlets including Al Jazeera and the Turkish state broadcaster TRT, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Al Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, according to news reports, the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, the Palestinian press freedom group MADA, and the International Federation of Journalists.

Madoukh was also the founder and CEO of Deep Shot media production company, according to his Facebook profile. Its last project was a video for a song by Sol Band recorded in Gaza during the war about the deaths of Palestinian children. Adeeb Sukkar, another media worker who produced the graphics for the video, was injured in the strike that killed Madoukh.

Madoukh post extensively on Facebook, mostly venting about the war in northern Gaza, where he remained. On June 21, he wrote “I don’t care about reaching goals, all I care about is for the war to end.” His last post, on the day of his death, read “Whatever you ask us, our answer will be ‘Thank God.’”

July 1, 2024

Mohammed Abu Sharia, managing editor of the local privately owned Shams News Agency, was injured in an Israeli airstrike in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City on June 29, resulting in severe head injuries, according to his outlet, the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, and the International Federation of Journalists. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Indonesian Hospital and died on July 1.

Abu Sharia studied journalism at the Islamic University of Gaza and worked for various outlets before becoming a reporter at Shams News Agency, where he was later promoted to managing editor, the outlet said.

May 31, 2024

Ola Al Dahdouh, a Palestinian journalist working as an editor and presenter for the local Sawt Al Watan radio station, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on her husband’s family home in Gaza City’s Al Jalaa neighborhood, according to SKeyes, WAFA, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate. In a post on her Facebook page, her brother Mohannad said that Ola was killed in the airstrike, which he said happened without any prior alert. Those sources said that Al Dahdouh’s husband, Abdelrahman Helles, and her son, Karam, were wounded in the airstrike.

Wissam Zaghbar, director of radio Sawt Al Watan, told CPJ via messaging app that Al Dahdouh was 28 years old and Karam is 1 1/2 years old. 

Al Dahdouh’s house in northern Gaza’s Shejaiya neighborhood was destroyed in October by Israeli bombing, according to a post by her on Facebook and Zaghbar. After that attack, “the three of them were displaced … to a house that belonged to her husband’s uncle,” Zaghbar said.  “On May 31, 2024, that house was hit by an Israeli airstrike that killed her and her husband’s uncle.” 

Zaghbar added, “Ola trained at our radio station in 2017 when she was only a media student, then she started working there after her graduation in 2019. She started as an editor in the news division and then became also a presenter, where she shined. She was an editor and a host at the same time and was known for her punctuality even though her program was very early in the morning.” 

Before her death, Al Dahdouh posted critical views of Hamas on her Facebook page, including posts calling for the war to end. 

May 16, 2024

Mahmoud Juhjouh, a Palestinian photographer who worked for the local Palestine Post Network, was killed along with his wife, children, and mother, in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, according to his outlet and media reports.

Those reports mentioned that Juhjouh had been displaced several times with his family, and had returned to his house after the Israeli army withdrew from northern Gaza.

On assignment? Presumed; investigation ongoing

May 11, 2024

Bahaa Okasha, a Palestinian camera operator who worked for the Hamas affiliated Al-Aqsa TV channel, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Al-Qasasib neighborhood in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, along with his son Hamza and his wife, according to Al Jazeera, Al-Araby TV, the privately owned Palestinian News Agency Maan, and the privately owned Lebanese newspaper Annahar.

May 10, 2024

Bahaaddine Yassine, a 22-year-old volunteer Palestinian reporter for the privately owned local social media-based news outlets Watan Media Agency and Al-Quds News Network, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, on May 10, 2024, while reporting on Israeli strikes on the area, according to SKeyes, his brother, and his employer. Continue

May 6, 2024

Mustafa Ayyad, a freelance Palestinian photographer, was killed after he was critically injured by an Israeli airstrike on his home in Azzaytoun neighborhood in northern Gaza, according to multiple media reports. Those sources said that Ayyad suffered injuries to his head, heart, and liver, and was taken to Al-Maamadani hospital where he was pronounced dead. Ayyad worked for Al Jazeera Mubashar and Al Jazeera Net on freelance basis during the war, according to Al Jazeera.

April 26, 2024

Ibrahim Mohamad Al-Gharbawi, Palestinian freelance photojournalist, was killed along with his brother, Ayman in an Israeli drone strike in the Hamad neighborhood of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, when they were filming with a drone according to SKeyes, the independent Palestinian news agency Shfa, and the Russian state owned outlet RT. According to WAFA, the journalists were buried on April 27, 2024, near Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah.

Ayman Mohamad Al-Gharbawi, Palestinian freelance photojournalist, was killed in an Israeli drone strike along with his brother, Ibrahim, in the Hamad neighborhood of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, when they were filming by a drone, according to SKeyes, the independent Palestinian news agency Shfa, and the Russian state owned outlet RT. According to WAFA, the journalists were buried on April 27, 2024, near Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah.

March 31, 2024

Mustafa Bahr, a 33-year-old Palestinian reporter, co-founder of the Palestine Breaking News website, and a father of three, was killed on March 31, 2024, in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, according to his outlet, the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, and his mother, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

March 25, 2024

Saher Akram Rayan, a journalist who works for the Palestinian Authority official news agency WAFA, was killed with his son, Anas, in an Israeli strike in the west of Gaza City as they were assisting injured neighbors, according to WAFA, The Middle East Eye, the Beirut based press freedom group SKeyes, and the International Federation of Journalists. 

March 15, 2024

Mohamed El-Reefi, a Palestinian freelance photographer, died of injuries sustained on March 14 when he was hit by Israeli army gunfire while attempting to obtain flour in a humanitarian aid delivery southeast of Gaza City, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, the Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency, and the Palestine Chronicle. El-Reefi used his Instagram account to document life in Gaza before and during wartime.

March 14, 2024

Abdul Rahman Saima, a Palestinian photojournalist for Raqami TV, an Arabic language media outlet that focuses on technology news, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, the Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency, and Palestine Chronicle. Raqami TV issued a statement on Facebook mourning Saima’s death and added that he was part of the media outlet since its beginning. Raqami TV said that Saima served as a photojournalist and producer for the program “Ibtekar,” or “Innovation.”

March 5, 2024

Muhammad Salama, a Palestinian journalist who worked as a host for the Hamas affiliated Al-Aqsa TV channel, was killed with his family in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, according to several media reports, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and the Turkish owned Anadolu Agency.

CPJ wasn’t immediately able to specify the number of family members killed with Salama. A report by the Qatari funded Al-Araby TV in the area showed damage from the airstrikes on the residential area, and Al-Araby’s reporter on the ground, Bassel Khalaf, said at least 6 people were pulled from under the rubble, while others remain missing. A witness in the area told the channel that the family was having dinner when they were killed. 

According to Al-Aqsa Voice radio and the Egypt based Al-Bawaba News, Salama was buried in Gaza on March 6, 2024.

February 23, 2024

Mohamed Yaghi, a 30-year-old freelance photojournalist who worked with multiple media outlets, including Al-Jazeera, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Az-Zawayda town in Der El-Balah, central Gaza,, along with 36 family members, including his wife and daughter, according to Al-Jazeera, the International Federation of Journalists, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

February 15, 2024

Zayd Abu Zayed, a 35-year-old director of the local Quran Radio channel, which is owned by the Islamic University of Gaza, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, according to the Qatar funded Al-Araby TV, the Palestinian Authority run news agency Wafa, and the Turkish Anadolu Agency.

February 14, 2024

Ayman Al-Rafati, a Palestinian journalist, writer, and political analyst who wrote for the Hezbollah affiliated broadcaster Al Mayadeen and appeared regularly on Al Mayadeen and Al Jazeera, was killed along with his brother, sister in law, and nephews in an Israeli airstrike on his home at Al Jalaa Street in Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera, The Middle East Eye, and the Hamas affiliated Quds News Network.

February 12, 2024

Alaa Al-Hams, a 35-year-old Palestinian journalist for the local Palestinian News Agency SND succumbed to her injuries after being seriously wounded in an Israeli airstrike on her family house in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip, which resulted in the tragic loss of ten members of her family on December 2, 2023, according to Palestine Chronicle, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), and the Cairo-Based Ahram online.

Angam Ahmad Edwan, a Palestinian journalist who worked for the Libyan TV channel February, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Jabalia city, northern Gaza Strip, according to her channel, the Cairo-Based Ahram online , the Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency, and Palestine Chronicle.

February 11, 2024

Yasser Mamdouh El-Fady, a 40-year-old journalist for the Islamic Jihad affiliated Kan’an news agency, was killed by an Israeli sniper at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, according to multiple media reports, and the Beirut based press freedom group SKeyes.

February 8, 2024

Nafez Abdel Jawad, a Palestinian director for the official Palestine Television station, Palestine TV, was killed along with his son in an Israeli missile strike on the house they were staying in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Additionally, the missile killed 14 people, including 5 children, according to CNN, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), and the Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency. Responding to an inquiry from CNN on the killing of Abdel Jawad, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that it “takes all operationally feasible measures to mitigate harm to civilians, including journalists. The IDF has never, and will never, deliberately target journalists.” They added that they are not aware of any strikes at these coordinates.

February 6, 2024

Rizq Al-Gharabli, a 40 year old director of the Hamas affiliated Palestinian Information Center, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a home belonging to his family in Khan Yunis, according to media reports, the Palestinian Information Center, SKeyes, and WAFA. The Palestinian Information Center said that Gharabli was its Gaza office director since 2015, and has worked in writing and editing stories until his death.

January 29, 2024

Mohammed Atallah, a 24-year-old Palestinian editor for the local Al-Resalah news website and a writer for the regional independent website Raseef22, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beach refugee camp in northern Gaza City, along with an unidentified number of family members, according to a tweet by Raseef22 that included his last voice message, the local news agency Safa, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and the International Federation of Journalists.

Ayman Sharrouf, Raseef22’s political editor, told CPJ that Atallah “wrote for Raseef22 under his name and another pseudonym. He was particularly interested in the daily life stories of the Gazans, despite the siege on Gaza, the corruption, and the narrow political interests in the strip. When the war started, we started collaborating, and he wrote 3 pieces, but he lived in the north where there was intense bombing, and one of the Israeli airstrikes hit his parents’ house, which killed one of his brothers and all of his family members.”

Sharrouf told CPJ that “Atallah evacuated after surviving a lot of near-death situations. In his last correspondence with us, he told me that he’s safe and he wants to resume working soon, but I later learned about his death from the news.” Sharrouf added, “Mohammed was a very professional journalist. He wanted to relay the voices of the people. He worked hard on his pieces and was very keen on factual reporting of the daily life of Gaza’s people, despite all the challenges that a journalist like him faces. Unfortunately, he was killed before he got to do what he wanted in journalism; and the most horrific heartbreaking part was that he thought he would survive.”

Tariq Al-Maidna, a 27-year-old Palestinian journalist and a freelance camera operator for the Al Houthi controlled Yemen TV, was killed on January 29, 2024, in an Israeli drone strike on the Saftawi area, northwest of Gaza City, when he was parking his car after arriving with the channel’s correspondent Wadih Abu Al-Saud to cover the withdrawl of Israeli forces in the area, according to SKeyes, and Al-Maidna’s father and Abu Al Saud, who both spoke to CPJ. Continue

January 25, 2024

El-Ruwagh, a Palestinian journalist who worked as a host for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat camp in northern Gaza, along with four of his children, according to multiple media reports, a tweet by his outlet, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes.

El-Ruwagh was buried on January 26, according to Al-Jazeera. Prior to his death, he posted on Facebook about his family’s dire conditions, asking for someone who was leaving Gaza to take his toddler to his wife, who fled to Sinai, Egypt, with his son Mohamed following a previous airstrike that severely injured him. After El-Ruwagh’s death, his wife published Facebook posts about him and her slain children: Loay, Nada, Yazan, and the toddler, Ahmed.

January 14, 2024

Yazan al-Zuweidi, a Palestinian journalist and camera operator for the privately owned and Cairo-based broadcaster Al-Ghad, was killed, along with his brother and cousin, in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza while al-Zuweidi was on his way to see what happened to his home in the aftermath of heavy bombing, according to his employer, the Beirut based press freedom group SKeyes, The New Arab, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

Al-Zuweidi, 27 years old, had been working with Al-Ghad for six years, and covered the war and various other events in Gaza, according to the broadcaster. Al-Ghad said that Al-Zuweidi didn’t stop reporting on the ongoing war; he kept filming from northern Gaza and sending footage to the channel after it was impossible for him to evacuate south to Rafah.

January 11, 2024

Mohamed Jamal Sobhi Al-Thalathini, a Palestinian journalist who works for the Hamas affiliated Al-Quds Al-Youm broadcaster, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in south Gaza, according to the Hamas affiliated Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, the Palestinian Authority-run broadcaster Palestine Today, and the Qatar funded newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

January 10, 2024

Ahmed Bdeir, a Palestinian journalist working for the local news website Bawabat al-Hadaf was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Khan Yunis, close to the Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the area. Bdeir was standing in front of the journalists’ tent at the gate of the hospital and died when a shrapnel hit him, according to Al-Jazeera, The New Arab, and the Beirut based press freedom group SKeyes. His outlet said that he worked relentlessly during the war to cover the news. Bawabat al-Hadaf is affiliated with The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Shareef Okasha, a 27-year-old Palestinian freelance photographer, was killed by shrapnel when an Israeli warplane fired at least three missiles that hit a house adjacent to the one his family were occupying after being displaced to Deir al Balah in central Gaza, at dawn on January 10, 2024, according to Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes and his sister, Shoroug Okasha, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

January 9, 2024

Heba Al-Abadla, a 30-year-old journalist and host for the local Al-Azhar radio station, owned by Al-Azhar University in Gaza, and the co-founder of the Social Media Club-Palestine, was killed along with her daughter Judy and several family members in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis, according to media reports, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, the New Arab, Wafa, and SKeyes.​

January 7, 2024

Hamza Al Dahdouh, a Palestinian journalist and camera operator for Al-Jazeera, and the son of Al-Jazeera Gaza bureau chief Wael Al Dahdouh, was killed in an Israeli drone strike along with freelance journalist Mustafa Thuraya, according to Al-Jazeera Arabic. They were driving to an assignment in southern Gaza when the strike occurred, according to Al-Jazeera and the BBC.

Mustafa Thuraya, a Palestinian freelance videographer working for Agence France-Presse (AFP), was killed in an Israeli drone strike along with  Al-Jazeera journalist Hamza Al Dahdouh, according to Al-Jazeera Arabic. They were driving to an assignment in southern Gaza when the strike occurred, according to Al-Jazeera, BBC, and AFP.

January 5, 2024

Akram ElShafie, a Palestinian journalist working as a reporter and editor for the Palestinian press agency Safa died after sustaining injuries months before on October 30, from an Israeli bullet, according to his outlet Safa, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), and Al-Jazeera. PJS said in a statement that ElShafie required medical attention after sustaining the life-threatening injury, and that it submitted a request to evacuate the journalists from Gaza for that purpose, but it was declined by Israel, according to the syndicate. The syndicate also stated that 25 journalists in Gaza are injured and require immediate medical attention.

December 29, 2023

Jabr Abu Hadrous, a Palestinian journalist and a reporter for the Hamas affiliated Quds Al-Youm broadcaster, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Nuseirat camp, northern Gaza, along with seven members of his family, according to Qatar funded Al-Jazeera, Hezbollah affiliated Al-Mayadeen, and the privately owned government affiliated Al-Ghad newspaper in Jordan.

December 28, 2023

Ahmed Khaireddine, a Palestinian journalist and a cameraman for the Hamas affiliated Quds Al-Youm TV, and a reporter for the Hamas affiliated Quds feed, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, along with 12 family members, including his uncle Mohamed Khaireddine, according to the Palestinian Authority-run broadcaster Palestine Today, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and Al-Jazeera.

Khaireddine’s brother, Basil, who is a reporter for the Palestine Today broadcaster, spoke about his brother’s killing to the channel, in a video that spread virally. Basil said that Ahmed wanted to rest for the first time in 82 days and didn’t want to leave the house to report when Basil asked him to go with him, adding “He wanted to rest, but apparently his rest was forever.”

Mohamed Khaireddine, a Palestinian journalist who works for the Hamas affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, along with 12 family members, including his nephew Ahmed Khaireddine, according to the Palestinian Authority-run broadcaster Palestine Today, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and Al-Jazeera.

December 24, 2023

Mohamad Al-Iff, a Palestinian journalist and photographer for the Hamas government owned local newspaper and news agency Al-Ray, was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, northern Gaza, along with an unspecified number of family members, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, the Qatar-funded London-based pan Arab newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, and the Hamas affiliated Quds Network. Al-Iff was the cousin of journalist Mohamed Azzaytouniyah, who was also killed in the same strikes, according to a tweet by Al-Iff’s cousin Hammam.

Mohamed Azzaytouniyah, a Palestinian media worker and a sound engineer for the Hamas government-owned local radio Al-Rai was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, northern Gaza, along with unspecified number of family members including his father, according to a tweet by his brother Hammam, the outlet, the Qatar-funded London-based pan Arab newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, and the Hamas affiliated Quds Network. Azzaytouniyah was the cousin of journalist Mohamad Al-Iff who was also killed in the same strikes.

Ahmad Jamal Al Madhoun, a Palestinian journalist and the deputy director of the Hamas government owned local newspaper and news agency Al-Rai and the director of visual content at the agency, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza, according to the Hamas affiliated Quds Network, the Qatar-funded London-based pan Arab newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, and Turkey’s Anadolu Agency.

December 23, 2023

Mohamed Naser Abu Huwaidi, a 29 year old Palestinian journalist working for the privately owned Al-Istiklal newspaper, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Shajaiah area in northern Gaza while covering the aftermath of the airstrikes, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, the Qatar-funded London-based pan Arab newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the Beirut based press freedom group SKeyes, and the Cairo based independent website Daaarb.

December 22, 2023

Mohamed Khalifeh, a media worker and director at the Hamas affiliated Al-Aqsa TV channel was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, along his wife and three of his children, according to his outlet, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, the Lebanese Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen TV, and the privately owned news channel Al-Ghad TV.

December 19, 2023

Adel Zorob, a Palestinian freelance journalist who worked with multiple media outlets, including the Hamas affiliated Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Rafah, southern Gaza, along with 25 family members, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, the Middle East Eye, the Palestinian Authority-run news agency Wafa, and the independent Wattan news agency.

Zorob posted Gaza war news on his Facebook page and on WhatsApp news groups. The last news message was sent directly before his death, according to a WhatsApp screenshot CPJ viewed. The Zorob family were among the few Palestinians in Gaza who remained in their own homes in a war that has displaced some 1.9 million people — more than 80% of the territory’s population, according to the Associated Press. 

December 18, 2023

Abdallah Alwan, a Palestinian media worker and voice-over specialist who contributed to multiple media outlets including the Al-Jazeera owned platform Midan, Mugtama magazine and Al-Jazeera, and was a radio host for the Islamic University’s Holy Quran Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Jabalia on December 18, 2023, according to his outlet Midan, the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa Radio, the local Palestinian newspaper Al-Hadath, and Jordan’s Amman-based Roya TV. In his last Facebook post on December 17, Alwan wrote that “On every morning, we say that last night was the worst night in the war… All days are worse than each other. This briefly describes the war.” On November 30, Alwan posted photos of the damage on his home because of Israeli bombing, saying two of his nieces were killed in the strikes. 

December 17, 2023

Assem Kamal Moussa, a Palestinian journalist who produced visual and written news reports for the local privately owned news website Palestine Now, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis, southern Gaza on December 17, according to his outlet,Lebanon’s Hezbollah-affiliated broadcaster Al-Mayadeen, and the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa radio channel.

Haneen Kashtan, a Palestinian journalist who contributed to multiple media outlets including the local Fatah-affiliated TV Al-Kofiya, the local privately owned Baladna Web TV (launched by journalists in 2017), and others, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza, along with other family members, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, Al-Jazeera, and the Cairo-based Youm7. 

December 15, 2023

Samer Abu Daqqa, a camera operator for Al-Jazeera Arabic, was killed by a drone strike while covering the aftermath of nightly Israeli strikes on a UN school sheltering displaced people in the center of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, according to Al-Jazeera and other news reports. He was trapped with other injured people in the school, which was surrounded by Israeli forces, and was unable to be evacuated for treatment. His colleague, Al-Jazeera bureau chief Wael Al Dahdouh, was also injured in the same strike.

December 9, 2023

Ola Atallah, a Palestinian female freelance journalist who contributed to multiple media outlets, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the house in which she and her family was taking refuge, in the El-Daraj area of Gaza city in northern Gaza on December 9, according to Arabi 21, Anadolu news agency, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate. Those sources said that Atallah was killed with nine members of her family, including her brother and her uncles.

On November 27, Atallah wrote an article for the Al-Morasel website about life in Gaza during the war, describing the destruction and damage to her neighborhood and city. Atallah formerly worked as a reporter for Anadolu news agency, which she left in 2017. Atallah was known on social media, and her last tweet on December 8 asked, “How many more nights of terror and death does Gaza have to count?”

December 3, 2023

Hamada Al-Yaziji, a 29-year-old Palestinian journalist and editor at the privately owned Kanaan News Agency and Hamas-owned Al-Quds Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit his home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City in the evening of December 3, 2023. He died along with approximately 34 members of his family, according to media reports, and his employer and brother, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

A Palestinian journalist for Al-Majedat network, Shaima El-Gazzar was killed along with her family members in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes and the Cairo-based media outlet Darb.

December 1, 2023

Abdullah Darwish. A Palestinian cameraman for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, Darwish was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to the Amman-based news outlet Roya News, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and the International Federation of Journalists.

Montaser Al-Sawaf, a Palestinian cameraman for Anadolu Agency, was killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, as confirmed by Anadolu Agency, Middle East Monitor, and the International Federation of Journalists.

Adham Hassouna, a Palestinian freelance journalist and media professor at Gaza and Al-Aqsa universities, was killed, along with several members of his family in an Israeli airstrike in the city of Gaza, as reported by the Ramallah-based Palestinian news network SHFA and the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

Marwan Mostafa Hosni Al Sawaf, a photographer and sound technician at the privately owned Alef Multimedia Company, was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Gaza City on December 1, 2023, alongside his brother Montaser Al Sawaf, according to media reports and his brother, Mohamed Al Sawaf, the founder of Alef Multimedia who spoke to CPJ. Continue

November 23, 2023

Mohamed Mouin Ayyash, a Palestinian journalist and a freelance photographer, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, along with 20 members of his family, according to the Amman-based news outlet Roya News, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa. 

November 21, 2023

Farah Omar, a Lebanese reporter for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen TV channel, was killed by an Israeli strike in the Tayr Harfa area in southern Lebanon, close to the border with Israel, according to Al-Mayadeen, Al-Jazeera, and the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes. She was reporting on escalating hostilities across the Lebanese-Israeli border and gave a live update an hour before her death.

Rabih Al Maamari, a Lebanese cameraperson for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen TV channel, was killed by an Israeli strike in the Tayr Harfa area in southern Lebanon, close to the border with Israel, along with his colleague Farah Omar, according to Al-Mayadeen, Al-Jazeera, and the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes.

Jamal Mohamed Haniyeh, a reporter for the sports news website Amwaj, was killed along with other family members and in-laws in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza City, according to news reports and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

November 20, 2023

Ayat Khadoura, a Palestinian freelance journalist and podcast presenter, was killed along with an unknown number of family members in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Beit Lahya in northern Gaza, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, the news website Arabi 21, and London-based Al-Ghad TV. Khadoura shared videos on social media about the situation in Gaza, including a November 6 video, which she called “my last message to the world” where she said, “We had big dreams but our dream now is to be killed in one piece so they know who we are.”

Alaa Taher Al-Hassanat, a Palestinian journalist and presenter at AlMajedat Media Network, was killed, along with multiple members of her family, in an Israeli airstrike that hit her house in the Gaza Strip, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, Quds News Network, and the Ramallah-based Palestinian news network SHFA. In 2015, Al-Hassanat wrote an article about the 2014 war on Gaza, in which she detailed what she endured, adding that “our role as journalists is now more important than ever.”

November 19, 2023

Bilal Jadallah, director of Press House-Palestine, a non-profit which supports the development of independent Palestinian media, was killed in his car in Gaza in an Israeli airstrike, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, Al Qahera News, and the Cairo-based Youm7.

November 18, 2023

A Palestinian media worker in the broadcast department of the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV channel, Amro Salah Abu Hayah was killed in a strike in Gaza, according to the Jordan-based Roya News and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

Abdelhalim Awad. A Palestinian media worker and driver for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, Awad was killed in a strike on his home in the Gaza Strip, according to the London-based Al-Ghad TV, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes. Awad had been working full-time since the beginning of the war in Khan Yunis and had left to visit his family last week, his colleague Ziad AlMokayyed told CPJ via messaging app.

The director of Quds News Network, Sari Mansour and his colleague and friend Hassouneh Salim were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Cairo-based Elwatan news, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, Al-Jazeera, and Anadolu Agency.

Hassouneh Salim, a Palestinian freelance photojournalist, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, along with his colleague and friend Sari Mansour, according to the Jordan-based Roya news, Al-Jazeera, Yahoo News, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

Mostafa El Sawaf, a Palestinian writer and analyst who contributes to the local news website MSDR News, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home along with his wife and two of his sons in Shawa Square, Gaza City, according to the Beirut based Skeyes, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and the Cairo-based Youm7.

November 13, 2023

Ahmed Fatima. A photographer for the Egypt-based Al Qahera News TV and a media worker with Press House – Palestine, Fatima was killed in a strike in Gaza, according to the news channel, the Egypt-based Ahram Online, the Palestinians Journalists’ Syndicate, and the Jordan-based Roya news. 

Yaacoub Al-Barsh, the Executive Director of the local Namaa Radio, was killed after sustaining injuries on November 12 from an Israeli airstrike on his home in northern Gaza,  according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, the Ramallah-based Palestinian news network SHFA, the Palestinian press freedom group MADA. 

November 12, 2023

Moussa Al-Borsh, a 36-year-old Palestinian journalist and the general manager of the local privately owned Namaa Radio, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia, north of Gaza City, at 5:30 a.m. on November 12, 2023. He died along with his father, brother Yacoup, and an uncle, according to a report by Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, a post by Namaa Club, a local sports group run by the Al-Borsh family, and his brother Issa Al-Borsh, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

November 7, 2023

Mohamed Abu Hassira, a journalist for the Palestinian Authority-run Wafa news agency, was killed in an airstrike on his home in Gaza along with 42 family members, according to the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa, the London-based news website The New Arab, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate. 

November 5, 2023

Mohamed Al Jaja was a media worker and the organizational development consultant at Press House-Palestine, which owns Sawa news agency in Gaza and promotes press freedom and independent media. He was killed in an airstrike on his home along with his wife and two daughters in the Al-Naser neighborhood in northern Gaza, according to the London-based news website The New Arab, the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

November 2, 2023

A journalist and correspondent for the local channel Palestinian TV, Mohammed Abu Hatab was killed along with 11 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency WAFA and the Amman-based news outlet Roya News.

November 1, 2023

Majd Fadl Arandas. A member of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate who worked for the news website Al-Jamaheer, Arandas was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes. 

Mohamad Al-Bayyari, a Palestinian journalist with the Hamas affiliated Al-Aqsa TV channel, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, according to the Amman-based news outlet Roya News, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and the International Federation of Journalists. 

Iyad Matar, a journalist working for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, was killed along with his mother in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to the Amman-based news outlet Roya News and the local channel Palestine Today.

October 31, 2023

Majed Kashko, a media worker and the office director of the Palestinian Authority-run Palestine TV channel, was killed with his family members in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement issued by the channel, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

A media worker and administrator for the Palestinian Authority-run Palestine TV channel, Imad Al-Wahidi was killed with his family members in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement issued by the channel, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

October 30, 2023

Nazmi Al-Nadim, a deputy director of finance and administration for Palestine TV, was killed with members of his family in a strike on his home in Zeitoun area, eastern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa and Egypt’s state-run Middle East News Agency.

October 26, 2023

Palestinian journalist Duaa Sharaf, host for the Hamas-affiliated Radio Al-Aqsa, was killed with her child in an airstrike on her home in the Yarmouk neighborhood in Gaza, according to Anadolu Agency and Middle East Monitor. 

October 25, 2023

Saed Al-Halabi, a journalist for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, the Palestinian press freedom group MADA, and Al-Jazeera-Palestine.

Salma Mkhaimer, a freelance journalist, was killed alongside her child in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and the independent Egyptian online newspaper, Mada Masr.

Ahmed Abu Mhadi. A journalist for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, Mhadi was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate and Youm7.  

Al-Faqaawi, a Palestinian journalist for the Islamic Jihad-affiliated Mithaq Media Foundation, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, according to Al-Jazeera,  the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, the Palestinian News Network, and the International Federation of Journalists. 

October 24, 2023

Tasneem Bkheet, a 29-year-old journalist for the local pro-Hamas Al-Saada magazine, was killed along with several family members on October 25, 2023, when Israeli airstrikes bombed their home in the Yarmouk area west of Gaza City, according to the Beirut-based press freedom organization SKeyes and the journalist’s sister Somaia and colleague Diana Al-Maghribi. Continue

Ibrahim Marzouq, a Palestinian media worker for the logistics department of the Gaza Bureau of the Palestinian Authority-run broadcaster Palestine Today TV, was killed along with his family in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza City´s Al-Tuffah neighborhood on October 24, 2023, according to his employer, and a report by the Beirut-based think tank Institute for Palestine Studies.

October 23, 2023

Mohammed Imad Labad. A journalist from the Al Resalah news website, Labad was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, according to RT Arabic, and the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, WAFA.

October 22, 2023

Roshdi Sarraj. A journalist and co-founder of Ain Media, a Palestinian company specializing in professional media services, Sarraj was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, Wafa, and Sky News. 

October 20, 2023

On October 20, Israeli journalist Roee Idan was declared dead after his body was recovered, according to The Times of Israel and the International Federation of Journalists. Idan, a photographer for the Israeli newspaper Ynet, was initially reported missing when his wife and daughter were killed in a Hamas attack on October 7 on Kibbutz Kfar Aza. CPJ confirmed that he was working on the day of the attack.

Mohammed Ali. A journalist from Al-Shabab Radio (Youth Radio), Ali was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and the Cairo-based newspaper Al-Dostor.

October 19, 2023

Khalil Abu Aathra. A videographer for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, Abu Aathra was killed along with his brother in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, as reported by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and the Amman-based news outlet Roya News.

October 18, 2023

Sameeh Al-Nady. A journalist and director for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, Al-Nady was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate and the Palestinian press agency Safa.

Abdel Rahman al-Tanani, a Palestinian freelance journalist and a social media publisher for the local radio Zaman FM, was killed on October 18, 2023, when Israeli aircraft bombed his father’s home in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to news reports and his cousin, who spoke to CPJ. Continue

October 17, 2023

Mohammad Balousha, a journalist and the administrative and financial manager of the local media channel “Palestine Today” office in Gaza, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Saftawi neighborhood in northern Gaza, as reported by Anadolu Agency and The Guardian.

Issam Bhar, a journalist for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip, according to TRT Arabia and the Cairo-based Arabic newspaper Shorouk News.

October 16, 2023

A journalist who worked for Al-Manara News Agency and HQ News Agency, Abdul Hadi Habib was killed along with several of his family members when a missile strike hit his house near the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate and the independent Palestinian news organization International Middle East Media Center.

October 14, 2023

Yousef Maher Dawas, a contributing writer for Palestine Chronicle and a writer for We Are Not Numbers (WANN), a youth-led Palestinian nonprofit project, was killed in an Israeli missile strike on his family’s home in the northern town of Beit Lahia, located in the Gaza Strip north of Jabalia,  according to WANN and Palestine Chronicle.

October 13, 2023

The death of Salam Mema, a freelance journalist, was confirmed on this date. Mema held the position of head of the Women Journalists Committee at the Palestinian Media Assembly, an organization committed to advancing media work for Palestinian journalists. Her body was recovered from the rubble three days after her home in the Jabalia camp, situated in the northern Gaza Strip, was struck by an Israeli airstrike on October 10, according to the  Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, Wafa.

Husam Mubarak, a journalist for the Hamas-affiliated Al Aqsa Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the Skeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

Issam Abdallah, a Beirut-based videographer for the Reuters news agency, was killed during a shelling attack from the direction of Israel near the Lebanon border. Abdallah and a group of other journalists were covering the back-and-forth shelling near Al-Shaab in southern Lebanon between Israeli forces and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.

October 12, 2023

Ahmed Shehab A journalist for Sowt Al-Asra Radio (Radio Voice of the Prisoners), Shehab, along with his wife and three children, was killed in an Israeli airstrike that struck his house in Jabalia, located in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate and the London-based news website The New Arab.

October 11, 2023

Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar, a freelance photojournalist, was killed during an Israeli airstrike in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate and to the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa.

October 10, 2023

Saeed al-Taweel, editor-in-chief of the Al-Khamsa News website, was killed when Israeli warplanes struck an area housing several media outlets in Rimal district in western Gaza, specifically targeting the Hiji building, according to the U.K.-based newspaper, The Independent, the Qatari-owned English-language news channel Al Jazeera English, and the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa.

Mohammed Sobh, a photographer from “Khabar” News Agency, also was killed in the Rimal district air strike, according to the news reports.

Hisham Alnwajha, a journalist at the “Khabar” news agency, also was reported killed in the same bombing that took the lives of Al-Taweel and Sobh.

October 8, 2023

Assaad Shamlakh, a freelance journalist, was killed along with nine members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Sheikh Ijlin, a neighborhood in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Beirut-based nonprofit research and advocacy organization, The Legal Agenda (LA), and BBC Arabic.

October 7, 2023

Ayelet Arnin. A 22-year-old news editor with the Israel Broadcasting Corporation Kan, Arnin was killed during a Hamas attack in the south of Israel. Her killing was reported to her parents by a friend, according to The Times of Israel and Yahoo.

Shai Regev, who served as an editor for TMI, the gossip and entertainment news section of the Hebrew-language daily newspaper Ma’ariv, was killed during a Hamas attack on Israel. The confirmation of Shai Regev’s death came after she was reported missing for six days, with the announcement made to her family, as reported by Maariv and The Times of Israel.

Yaniv Zohar, an Israeli photographer working for the Israeli Hebrew-language daily newspaper Israel Hayom, was killed during a Hamas attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel. Israel Hayom and Israel National News reported that his wife and two daughters also died in the attack.  Israel Hayom editor-in-chief Omer Lachmanovitch told CPJ that Yaniv was working on that day.

Mohammad Al-Salhi , a photojournalist working for the Fourth Authority news agency, was shot dead near a Palestinian refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa, and the Journalist Support Committee (JSC), a nonprofit which promotes the rights of the media in the Middle East.

Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi, a photographer for Ain Media, was shot and killed at the Gaza Strip’s Erez Crossing into Israel,according to MADA and JSC.