International News Safety Institute

09 November 2024  |  CPJ

Zahraa Abu Skheil

Incident

Palestinian reporter killed when Israeli warplanes bombed the Fahd al-Sabah School

Cause of death

Missile strike

Details

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.

Abu Skheil, 22, was housed in the school alongside hundreds of people, including her brother and fellow journalist Ahmed Abu Skheil, 25, and their father after they were displaced from their home in the al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City.

“At around 2 a.m. on Saturday, Israeli warplanes bombed the school while they were sleeping in one of its classrooms, which led to the martyrdom of my father, Zahraa, and Ahmed, along with a number of displaced people,” the journalist’s brother, Ali Abu Skheil, told CPJ

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