07 May 2025 | RSF
Journalist killed hours after daughter's birth
Missile strike
Around 1:30 p.m. on 7 May, Yahya Sobeih headed to the Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City, where the Israeli army had just bombed a popular restaurant. The freelance reporter, who has over 170,000 followers on his Instagram account, was preparing to cover the massacre of dozens of civilians. But once he arrived, a second Israeli airstrike claimed him as a casualty. Yahya Sobeih was killed on the spot, as evidenced by the images of his lifeless body, his face covered in blood, posted on social media.
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