International News Safety Institute

20 October 2023  |  CPJ

Roee Idan

Incident

Journalist dies during Hamas attack

Cause of death

Unknown

Details

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.

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