International News Safety Institute

15 March 2025  |  CPJ

Mahmoud Islim Al-Basos

Incident

Palestinian photojournalist killed in Israeli drone strike

Cause of death

Drone strike

Details

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. 

Former journalist Mahmoud Sarraj, a 25-year-old Palestinian photographer who contributed to multiple outlets including the Gaza-based Ain Media production company, was among the aid workers killed. Sarraj was the brother of the slain journalist Roshdi Sarraj, the co-founder of Ain Media, who was killed on October 22, 2023 in Gaza. 

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