International News Safety Institute

02 September 2025  |  CPJ

Rasmi Jihad Salem

Incident

Palestinian camera operator killed in Israeli strike

Cause of death

Drone strike

Details

​​​​​​Rasmi Jihad Salem, 30-year-old Palestinian camera operator with Al-Manara TV Production Company, was killed on September 2, 2025, in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City. The strike also wounded three other people.

Hamed El Shobaky, head of Al-Manara’s photography department, said Salem was returning home to check on his family after a work assignment, having heard of escalating hostilities in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, where they live.

“As he approached his house, a drone fired a missile that struck him directly, killing him instantly,” Shobaky told CPJ.

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