20 July 2024 | CPJ
Mohammed Abu Jasser killed in Gaza
Other non-natural
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.”
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