International News Safety Institute

05 October 2024  |  CPJ

Abdul Rahman Bahr

Incident

23-year-old Palestinian journalist killed by Israeli drone

Cause of death

Drone strike

Details

Abdul Rahman Bahr, a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist who worked as a photographer and camera operator for the independent Palestine Breaking News website that he also co-founded, was killed on October 6, 2024, by an Israeli drone strike on Gaza City, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, reports by his employer and other news outlets, and his mother, who spoke to CPJ.

His mother, Zainab Bahr, told CPJ: “The family had left their home in the Al-Karama area, north of Gaza City, since the beginning of the war because it is in a dangerous area and there are Israeli military operations.”

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