International News Safety Institute

31 August 2025  |  CPJ

Islam Abed

Incident

Israeli drone kills Palestinian reporter

Cause of death

Drone strike

Details

Al Quds Today TV reporter Islam Abed, 36, was killed along with members of her family in an Israeli drone strike on her apartment complex in Gaza City’s Al-Rimal neighborhood on August 31, 2025.

Abed, a mother of three, had visited her displaced relatives earlier that day. Her sister, Falestine Muhareb Abed, told CPJ: “At 2 p.m. on Sunday she visited us as if to say goodbye. She said she wanted to return home to prepare her youngest son Amir for his first day of school the next morning. At 7:20 p.m., an Israeli drone bombed the apartment, and Abed was killed along with her husband, their middle son, and her husband’s brother. Her eldest and youngest children were injured.”

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