Al Ghoul and Al Refee were reporting on the aftermath of the assassination of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran the night before, and were filming outside his family home in Gaza before they were killed.

When an Israeli strike hit a nearby building, the group of journalists working in the area decided to leave for their safety, Al Jazeera said in its live coverage. Reporting from Al-Ahli Hospital later that day, Al Jazeera’s northern Gaza correspondent Anas Al Sharif said that the journalists left in two vehicles, and Al Ghoul and Al Refee’s car was hit about five minutes later.