30 September 2025 | CPJ
TRT freelance journalist killed in Israeli airstrike
Missile strike
Yahia Barzaq, 35, a Palestinian freelance photographer who collaborated with Turkish broadcaster TRT World, was killed on September 30, 2025, when an Israeli airstrike hit a group of civilians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, killing several people.
His brother, Motaz Barzaq, told CPJ that Yahia, a father of two, had fled from Gaza City to Deir al-Balah on September 18, where he was living with his family in a rooftop tent. On the night of his death, around 9:30 p.m., Yahia went to the city center to find better internet signal that would allow him to call his mother in Egypt. “While he stood near a carpentry shop with other residents, an Israeli drone fired a missile, killing several people instantly, including my brother Yahia,” Motaz said.
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