The Israel-Gaza war is taking a devastating toll on journalists in the region.
According to the CPJ, at least 127 journalists and media workers are confirmed to have died during the conflict as of October 31, 2024.
Journalists covering the conflict within Gaza face extreme risks as a result of an Israeli ground assault into the strip, constant Israeli airstrikes, a lack of basic provisions and extensive power and communication outages.
Many other journalists have been reported missing, injured, arrested or threatened by cyberattacks or other forms of assault.
Among the 127 journalists who have lost their lives were 119 Palestinian, 2 Israeli, and 6 Lebanese:
October 27, 2024. Haneen Baroud, a Palestinian journalist and freelance video editor who contributed to the Al Majedat Media Network, was killed alongside eight others in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Gaza City’s Shati camp on October 27, 2024.
Nadia Emad Al Sayed, a Palestinian freelance broadcast host, was killed alongside eight others in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Shati camp in Gaza City on October 27, 2024.
Saed Radwan, a Palestinian journalist and manager of the digital media department of Al-Aqsa TV, was killed alongside eight others in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Shati camp in Gaza City on October 27, 2024.
October 25, 2024. Ghassan Najjar, a camera operator for Al-Mayadeen TV, was killed at around 3 a.m. on October 25, when an Israeli airstrike hit a compund housing 18 journalists from multiple media outlets in Hasbaya, a town in southern Lebanon.
Wissam Kassem, a camera operator for Al-Manar TV, was killed at around 3 a.m. on October 25, when an Israeli airstrike hit a compund housing 18 journalists from multiple media outlets in Hasbaya, a town in southern Lebanon.
Mohamed Reda, a broadcast engineer for Al-Mayadeen, was killed at around 3 a.m. on October 25, when an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing 18 journalists from multiple media outlets in in Hasbaya, a town in southern Lebanon.
October 9, 2024. Mohammed Al-Tanani, a 26-year old Paletinian journalist and the camera operator for Al-Aqsa TV channel, was killed when an Israeli drone fired close to his TV crew covering Israeli forces operations in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The drone stike also injured TV correspondent, Tamer Lubbad. Both Lubbad and Al-Tanani were wearing "Press" vests and helmets, making them clearly identifiable as journalists, according to videos posted online.
October 6, 2024. AlHassan Hamad, an 18-year old Palestinian journalist and freelance photographer who worked with several media outlets including Al Jazeera and Media Town TV production company during the war, was killed by a massive missile fired from an Israeli drone on the morning of Sunday, October 6, 2024, according to multiple news reports.
September 29, 2024. Wafa Al-Udaini, a 39-year-old Palestinian journalist who wrote for The Guardian newspaper and the Middle East Monitor and worked as an English-language media coordinator at the Gaza-based al-Thuraya Media and Communications Foundation was killed along with her husband and two of her children when an Israeli airstrike hit their home in the central Gazan city of Deir Al Balah.
August 27, 2024. Mohammed Abed Rabbo, a 35-year-old Palestinian journalist and the director of the IT department at Al-Manara Agency, was killed by an Israeli air strike along with his sister, Sumaya, in their rented apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
August 22, 2024. Hussam al-Dabbaka, a 30 year old camera operator and a father of two who worked as a freelancer for the Al-Quds Al-Youm satellite channel, was killed along with several family members in an Israeli airstrike at his family’s home in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
August 20, 2024. Hamza Murtaja, a 32-year-old Palestinian journalist who was a co-owner and camera operator for Record Media production company, was killed while on assignment in an Israeli airstrike at the Hafiz Mustafa school in Gaza City, along with 11 others, according to multiple media reports.
August 18, 2024. Ibrahim Muhareb, a 26-year-old Palestinian freelance journalist, who worked with multiple outlets including the local Al-Hadath newspaper, was killed when an Israeli tank fired towards a group of journalists reporting in the Hamad city area, northwest of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, according to multiple news reports. Freelance journalist Salma Al-Qaddoumi was also injured in the incident.
August 6, 2024. Mohammed Issa Abu Saada, a 31-year-old Palestinian freelance photographer and videographer who worked with several outlets including the local online outlet Sahat and Al Sharqiya Pulse, was killed with at least two family members in an Israeli strike on his uncle’s home in the Al-Zana neighborhood of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, Sahat, and Arabi21 news site.
July 31, 2024. Ismail Al Ghoul, a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera Arabic TV channel, was killed in an Israeli strike on a car he and his colleague Rami Al Refee were using near Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera and multiple news reports. Those sources said that Al Ghoul was wearing a press vest when he was killed.
Al Ghoul and Al Refee were covering the aftermath of the assassination of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, reporting from in front of Haniyeh’s home in Gaza an hour before they were killed.
Al Jazeera said in its live coverage that Al Ghoul and Al Refee were leaving the scene after an Israeli order to evacuate the area when they were hit, and that it believes the journalists were deliberately targeted.
Al Ghoul was previously arrested by the IDF at Al Shifaa hospital in northern Gaza.
July 31, 2024. Rami Al Refee, a Palestinian camera operator freelancing for Al Jazeera, was killed in an Israeli strike on a car he and his colleague Ismail Al Ghoul were using near Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera and multiple news reports.
Al Ghoul and Al Refee were covering the aftermath of the assassination of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, reporting from in front of Haniyeh’s home in Gaza an hour before they were killed.
Al Jazeera said in its live coverage that Al Ghoul and Al Refee were leaving the scene after an Israeli order to evacuate the area when they were hit, and that it believes the journalists were deliberately targeted.
July 20, 2024. Mohammed Abu Jasser, a Palestinian journalist working for the newspapers Al-Risala and Felesteen, was killed along with his mother, wife, and at least two of his children in an Israeli airstrike at about 3 a.m. in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
July 5, 2024. Saadi Madoukh, a Palestinian journalist and freelance camera operator for outlets including Al Jazeera and TRT, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Al Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City.
July 1, 2024. Mohammed Abu Sharia, the managing editor of the local Shams News Agency, was injured in an Israeli airstrike in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City on June 29, resulting in severe head injuries.
May 31, 2024. Ola Al Dadouh, a Palestinian journalist working as an editor and presenter for the local Sawt Al Watan radio station, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on her husband’s family home in Gaza City’s Al Jalaa neighborhood, according to SKeyes, WAFA, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.
May 16, 2024. Mahmoud Juhjouh, a Palestinian photographer who worked for the local Palestine Post Network, was killed along with his wife, children, and mother, in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, according to his outlet and media reports.
Those reports mentioned that Juhjouh had been displaced several times with his family, and had returned to his house after the Israeli army withdrew from northern Gaza.
May 11, 2024. Bahaa Okasha, a Palestinian camera operator who worked for Al-Aqsa TV channel, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Al-Qasasib neighborhood in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, along with his son Hamza and his wife.
May 6, 2024. Mustafa Ayyad, a freelance Palestinian photographer, was killed after he was critically injured by an Israeli airstrike on his home in Azzaytoun neighborhood in northern Gaza, according to multiple media reports. Those sources said that Ayyad suffered injuries to his head, heart, and liver, and was taken to Al-Maamadani hospital where he was pronounced dead. Ayyad worked for Al Jazeera Mubashar and Al Jazeera Net on freelance basis during the war, according to Al Jazeera.
April 29. Salem Abu Toyour, a Palestinian media worker at Al-Quds Al-Youm TV channel, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza, along with two other relatives, according to SKeyes, the independent Palestinian news agency Wattan, Al Jazeera, and WAFA.
April 26, 2024. Ibrahim Mohamad Al-Gharbawi, Palestinian freelance photojournalist, was killed along with his brother, Ayman in an Israeli drone strike in the Hamad neighborhood of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, when they were filming with a drone. According to WAFA, the journalists were buried on April 27, 2024, near Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah.
Ayman Mohamad Al-Gharbawi, Palestinian freelance photojournalist, was killed in an Israeli drone strike along with his brother, Ibrahim, in the Hamad neighborhood of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, when they were filming by a drone.
April 25, 2024. Mohammed Bassam Al Jamal, Palestinian photographer working for the Palestine Now news agency, was killed after suffering critical injuries in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in the Al-Jenenah neighborhood in Rafah, southern Gaza. SKeyes said that the airstrike happened at 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday April 24, 2024, injuring Al Jamal and killing 6 of his relatives, before Al Jamal succumbed to his critical injuries at 5:00 a.m. the next day.
March 28, 2024. Mohamed Abu Skheil, a Palestinian media worker who worked as an editor and graphic designer for the local Shms News Agency, and Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, was killed by Israeli bullets on March 28, 2024, when the Israeli army raided the Al-Shifa hospital complex in northern Gaza. His outlet said that Abu Skheil was killed inside the hospital after he took refuge in it following the destruction of his house in an Israeli airstrike at the beginning of the war.
March 25, 2024. Saher Akram Rayan, a journalist who works for WAFA, was killed with his son, Anas, in an Israeli strike in the west of Gaza City as they were assisting injured neighbors.
March 15, 2024. Mohamed El-Reefi, a Palestinian freelance photographer, died of injuries sustained on March 14 when he was hit by Israeli army gunfire while attempting to obtain flour in a humanitarian aid delivery southeast of Gaza City, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, the Turkish Anadolu Agency, and the Palestine Chronicle. El-Reefi used his Instagram account to document life in Gaza before and during wartime.
March 14, 2024. Abdul Rahman Saima, a Palestinian photojournalist for Raqami TV, an Arabic language media outlet that focuses on technology news, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, the Turkish Anadolu Agency, and Palestine Chronicle. Raqami TV issued a statement on Facebook mourning Saima’s death and added that he was part of the media outlet since its beginning. Raqami TV said that Saima served as a photojournalist and producer for the program “Ibtekar,” or “Innovation.”
March 5, 2024. Muhammad Salama, a Palestinian journalist who worked as a host for Al-Aqsa TV channel, was killed with his family in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.
CPJ wasn’t immediately able to specify the number of family members killed with Salama. A report by Al-Araby TV in the area showed damage from the airstrikes on the residential area, and Al-Araby’s reporter on the ground, Bassel Khalaf, said at least 6 people were pulled from under the rubble, while others remain missing. A witness in the area told the channel that the family was having dinner when they were killed.
According to Al-Aqsa Voice radio and the Egypt based Al-Bawaba News, Salama was buried in Gaza on March 6, 2024.
February 23, 2024. Mohamed Yaghi, a 30-year-old freelance photojournalist who worked with multiple media outlets, including Al-Jazeera, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Az-Zawayda town in Der El-Balah, central Gaza,, along with 36 family members, including his wife and daughter.
February 15, 2024. Zayd Abu Zayed, 35-year-old director of the local Quran Radio channel, which is owned by the Islamic University in Gaza, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
February 14, 2024. Ayman Al-Rafati, a Palestinian journalist, writer, and political analyst who wrote and appeared regularly on Al Mayadeen and Al Jazeera, was killed along with his brother, sister in law, and nephews in an Israeli airstrike on his home at Al Jalaa Street in Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera, The Middle East Eye, and the Quds News Network. Al-Rafati, who had a PhD and was on the board of the Center for Regional Studies – Palestine, appeared on Al Jazeera hours before his death.
February 12, 2024. Alaa Al-Hams, a 35-year-old Palestinian journalist for the local Palestinian News Agency SND succumbed to her injuries after being seriously wounded in an Israeli airstrike on her family house in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip, which resulted in the tragic loss of ten members of her family on December 2, 2023.
Angam Ahmad Edwan, a Palestinian journalist who worked for the Libyan TV channel February, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Jabalia city, northern Gaza Strip.
February 11, 2024. Yasser Mamdouh El-Fady, a 40-year-old journalist for the Kan’an news agency, was killed by an Israeli sniper at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.
February 8, 2024. Nafez Abdel Jawad, a Palestinian director for the official Palestine Television station, Palestine TV, was killed along with his son in an Israeli missile strike on the house they were staying in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Additionally, the missile killed 14 people, including 5 children.
February 6, 2024. Rizq Al-Gharabli, a 40-year-old director of the Palestinian Information Center, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family’s home in Khan Yunis. The Palestinian Information Center said that Al-Gharabli was its Gaza office director since 2015, and worked as a writer and editor until his death.
January 29, 2024. Mohammed Atallah, a 24-year-old Palestinian editor for the local Al-Resalah news website and a writer for the regional independent website Raseef22, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beach refugee camp in northern Gaza City, along with an unidentified number of family members.
Ayman Sharrouf, Raseef22’s political editor, told CPJ that Atallah “wrote for Raseef22 under his name and another pseudonym. He was particularly interested in the daily life stories of the Gazans, despite the siege on Gaza, the corruption, and the narrow political interests in the strip. When the war started, we started collaborating, and he wrote 3 pieces, but he lived in the north where there was intense bombing, and one of the Israeli airstrikes hit his parents’ house, which killed one of his brothers and all of his family members.”
Sharrouf told CPJ that “Atallah evacuated after surviving a lot of near-death situations. In his last correspondence with us, he told me that he’s safe and he wants to resume working soon, but I later learned about his death from the news.” Sharrouf added, “Mohammed was a very professional journalist. He wanted to relay the voices of the people. He worked hard on his pieces and was very keen on factual reporting of the daily life of Gaza’s people, despite all the challenges that a journalist like him faces. Unfortunately, he was killed before he got to do what he wanted in journalism; and the most horrific heartbreaking part was that he thought he would survive.”
January 25, 2024. Iyad El-Ruwagh, a Palestinian journalist who worked as a host for Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat camp in northern Gaza, along with four of his children. Prior to his death, he posted on Facebook about his family’s dire conditions, asking for someone who was leaving Gaza to take his toddler to his wife, who fled to Sinai, Egypt, with his son Mohamed following a previous airstrike that severely injured him. After El-Ruwagh’s death, his wife published Facebook posts about him and her slain children: Loay, Nada, Yazan, and the toddler, Ahmed.
January 14, 2024. Yazan al-Zuweidi, a Palestinian journalist and camera operator for the Cairo-based broadcaster Al-Ghad, was killed, along with his brother and cousin, in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza while al-Zuweidi was on his way to see what happened to his home in the aftermath of heavy bombing. He had been working with Al-Ghad for six years, and covered the war and various other events in Gaza, according to the broadcaster. Al-Ghad said that Al-Zuweidi didn’t stop reporting on the ongoing war; he kept filming from northern Gaza and sending footage to the channel after it was impossible for him to evacuate south to Rafah.
January 11, 2024. Mohamed Jamal Sobhi Al-Thalathini, a Palestinian journalist who works for the Al-Quds Al-Youm broadcaster, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in south Gaza.
January 10, 2024. Ahmed Bdeir, a Palestinian journalist working for the local news website Bawabat al-Hadaf was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Khan Yunis, close to the Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the area. Bdeir was standing in front of the journalists’ tent at the gate of the hospital and died when a shrapnel hit him, according to Al-Jazeera. His outlet said that he worked relentlessly during the war to cover the news.
January 9, 2024. Heba Al-Abadla, a 30-year-old journalist and host for the local Al-Azhar radio station, owned by Al-Azhar University in Gaza, and the co-founder of the Social Media Club-Palestine, was killed along with her daughter Judy and several family members in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis. At Social Media Club-Palestine, Al-Abadla held training and conferences on technology related matters, including content writing and journalism.
January 8, 2024. Abdallah Iyad Breis, a 26-year-old journalist who led the photography section for the Rawafed educational channel, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis.
January 7, 2024. Hamza Al Dahdouh, a Palestinian journalist and camera operator for Al-Jazeera, and the son of Al-Jazeera Gaza bureau chief Wael Al Dahdouh, was killed in an Israeli drone strike along with freelance journalist Mustafa Thuraya, according to Al-Jazeera Arabic. They were driving to an assignment in southern Gaza when the strike occurred.
Mustafa Thuraya, a Palestinian freelance videographer working for Agence France-Presse (AFP), was killed in an Israeli drone strike along with Al-Jazeera journalist Hamza Al Dahdouh, according to Al-Jazeera Arabic. They were driving to an assignment in southern Gaza when the strike occurred.
January 5, 2024. Akram ElShafie, a Palestinian journalist working as a reporter and editor for the Palestinian press agency Safa died after sustaining injuries months before on October 30, from an Israeli bullet. PJS said in a statement that ElShafie required medical attention after sustaining the life-threatening injury, and that it submitted a request to evacuate the journalists from Gaza for that purpose, but it was declined by Israel, according to the syndicate. The syndicate also stated that 25 journalists in Gaza are injured and require immediate medical attention.
December 29, 2023. Jabr Abu Hadrous, a Palestinian journalist and a reporter for the Quds Al-Youm broadcaster, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Nuseirat camp, northern Gaza, along with seven members of his family.
December 28, 2023. Mohamed Khaireddine, a Palestinian journalist who works for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, along with 12 family members, including his nephew Ahmed Khaireddine.
Ahmed Khaireddine, a Palestinian journalist and a cameraman for Quds Al-Youm TV, and a reporter for Quds feed, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, along with 12 family members, including his uncle Mohamed Khaireddine. Khaireddine’s brother, Basil, who is a reporter for the Palestine Today broadcaster, spoke about his brother’s killing to the channel, in a video that spread virally. Basil said that Ahmed wanted to rest for the first time in 82 days and didn’t want to leave the house to report when Basil asked him to go with him, adding “He wanted to rest, but apparently his rest was forever.”
December 24, 2023. Mohamad Al-Iff, a Palestinian journalist and photographer for local newspaper and news agency Al-Rai, was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, northern Gaza, along with an unspecified number of family members. Al-Iff was the cousin of journalist Mohamed Azzaytouniyah, who was also killed in the same strikes.
Mohamed Azzaytouniyah, a Palestinian media worker and a sound engineer for the local radio station Al-Rai was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, northern Gaza, along with unspecified number of family members including his father.
Ahmad Jamal Al Madhoun, a Palestinian journalist and the deputy director of the local newspaper and news agency Al-Rai and the director of visual content at the agency, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza.
December 23, 2023. Mohamed Naser Abu Huwaidi, a 29 year old Palestinian journalist working for the Al-Istiklal newspaper, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Shajaiah area in northern Gaza while covering the aftermath of the airstrikes.
December 22, 2023. Mohamed Khalifeh, a media worker and director at the Al-Aqsa TV channel was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, along his wife and three of his children.
December 19, 2023. Adel Zorob, a Palestinian freelance journalist who worked with multiple media outlets, including Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Rafah, southern Gaza, along with 25 family members. Zorob posted Gaza war news on his Facebook page and on WhatsApp news groups. The last news message was sent directly before his death, according to a WhatsApp screenshot CPJ viewed. The Zorob family were among the few Palestinians in Gaza who remained in their own homes in a war that has displaced some 1.9 million people — more than 80% of the territory’s population, according to the Associated Press.
December 18, 2023. Abdallah Alwan, a Palestinian media worker and voiceover specialist who contributed to multiple media outlets including the Al-Jazeera owned platform Midan, Mugtama magazine and Al-Jazeera, and was a radio host for the Islamic University’s Holy Quran Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Jabalia on December 18, 2023. In his last Facebook post on December 17, Alwan wrote that “On every morning, we say that last night was the worst night in the war… All days are worse than each other. This briefly describes the war.” On November 30, Alwan posted photos of the damage on his home because of Israeli bombing, saying two of his nieces were killed in the strikes.
December 17, 2023. Assem Kamal Moussa, a Palestinian journalist who produced visual and written news reports for the local news website Palestine Now, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis, southern Gaza on December 17.
Haneen Kashtan, a Palestinian journalist who contributed to multiple media outlets including the local TV channel Al-Kofiya, Baladna Web TV (launched by journalists in 2017), and others, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza, along with other family members.
December 15, 2023. Samer Abudaqa, a camera operator for Al-Jazeera Arabic, was killed by a drone strike while covering the aftermath of nightly Israeli strikes on a UN school sheltering displaced people in the center of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, according to Al-Jazeera and other news reports. He was trapped with other injured people in the school, which was surrounded by Israeli forces, and was unable to be evacuated for treatment. His colleague, Al-Jazeera bureau chief Wael Al Dahdouh, was also injured in the same strike.
December 9, 2023. Duaa Jabbour, a Palestinian freelance journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home along with her husband and children in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. A representative from the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate told Anadolu that Jabbour worked as a journalist with the local website Eyes Media Network. In her last Facebook post, Jabbour wrote “To survive everyday is exhausting.”
Ola Atallah, a Palestinian female freelance journalist who contributed to multiple media outlets, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the house in which she and her family was taking refuge, in the El-Daraj area of Gaza city in northern Gaza. Sources said that Atallah was killed with nine members of her family, including her brother and her uncles. On November 27, Atallah wrote an article for the Al-Morasel website about life in Gaza during the war, describing the destruction and damage to her neighborhood and city. Atallah formerly worked as a reporter for Anadolu news agency, which she left in 2017. Atallah was known on social media, and her last tweet on December 8 asked, “How many more nights of terror and death does Gaza have to count?”
December 3, 2023. Hassan Farajallah, who held a senior position for Al-Quds TV, was killed in an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian journalist for Al-Majedat network, Shaima El-Gazzar was killed along with her family members in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.
December 1, 2023. Abdullah Darwish, a Palestinian cameraman for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Montaser Al-Sawaf, a Palestinian cameraman for Anadolu Agency, was killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Adham Hassouna, a Palestinian freelance journalist and media professor at Gaza and Al-Aqsa universities, was killed, along with several members of his family in an Israeli airstrike in the city of Gaza.
November 24, 2023. Mostafa Bakeer, a Palestinian journalist and cameraperson for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza.
November 23, 2023. Mohamed Mouin Ayyash, a Palestinian journalist and a freelance photographer, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, along with 20 members of his family.
November 22, 2023. Mohamed Nabil Al-Zaq, a Palestinian journalist and a social media manager for Al-Quds TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Shejaiya in northern Gaza.
Assem Al-Barsh, a sound engineer working for Al-Rai radio and freelancing for other local radio stations, was shot dead by Israeli sniper fire when he was on his way home on November 22, 2023, in the Al-Saftawi area north of Gaza City, according to news reports and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.
According to a news report by Radio An-Naja7, Al-Barsh helped Radio An-Naja7 develop a podcast entitled “The Identity Podcast” that focuses on the values of dialogue and cultural and religious diversity in the Arab world. In the days prior to Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, Al-Barsh set up a small radio studio at his home, where he was a sound engineer for the podcast. In 2021, Al-Barsh also hosted and produced the program “With You” for Radio Namaa, during which listeners could dedicate songs or send greetings to friends or loved ones.
November 21, 2023. Jamal Mohamed Haniyeh, a reporter for the sports news website Amwaj, was killed along with other family members and in-laws in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza City. Haniyeh also worked as a radio engineer. Haniyeh covered the football league in Gaza, as well as other stories, including the visit by Abdel Salam Haniyeh, the assistant secretary of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, to the injured journalist Ashraf Abu Amra while he was receiving medical treatment in Turkey for injuries suffered in September 2023 while covering a Gaza border protest.
Farah Omar, a Lebanese reporter for Al-Mayadeen TV channel, was killed by an Israeli strike in the Tayr Harfa area in southern Lebanon, close to the border with Israel. She was reporting on escalating hostilities across the Lebanese-Israeli border and gave a live update an hour before her death.
Rabih Al Maamari, a Lebanese cameraperson for Al-Mayadeen TV channel, was killed by an Israeli strike in the Tayr Harfa area in southern Lebanon, close to the border with Israel, along with his colleague Farah Omar.
November 20, 2023. Ayat Khadoura, a Palestinian freelance journalist and podcast presenter, was killed along with an unknown number of family members in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Beit Lahya in northern Gaza. Khadoura shared videos on social media about the situation in Gaza, including a November 6 video, which she called “my last message to the world” where she said, “We had big dreams but our dream now is to be killed in one piece so they know who we are.”
Alaa Taher Al-Hassanat, a Palestinian journalist and presenter at AlMajedat Media Network, was killed, along with multiple members of her family, in an Israeli airstrike that hit her house in the Gaza Strip. In 2015, Al-Hassanat wrote an article about the 2014 war on Gaza, in which she detailed what she endured, adding that “our role as journalists is now more important than ever.”
November 19, 2023. Bilal Jadallah, director of Press House-Palestine, a non-profit which supports the development of independent Palestinian media, was killed in his car in Gaza in an Israeli airstrike.
November 18, 2023. Abdelhalim Awad, a Palestinian media worker and driver for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in a strike on his home in the Gaza Strip. Awad had been working full-time since the beginning of the war in Khan Yunis and had left to visit his family.
Sari Mansour, director of the Quds News Network, and his colleague and friend Hassouneh Salim, a Palestinian freelance photojournalist, were both killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
A Palestinian writer and analyst who contributed to the local news website MSDR News, Mostafa El Sawaf, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home along with his wife and two of his sons in Shawa Square, Gaza City.
Amro Salah Abu Hayah, a Palestinian media worker in the broadcast department of the Al-Aqsa TV channel, was killed in a strike in Gaza.
Mossab Ashour, a Palestinian photographer, was killed during an attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip but his death was not reported until November 18, soon after his body was discovered.
November 13, 2023. Photographer for the Egypt-based Al Qahera News TV and a media worker with Press House – Palestine, Ahmed Fatima, was killed in a strike in Gaza.
Yaacoub Al-Barsh, the Executive Director of the local Namaa Radio, was killed after sustaining injuries on November 12 from an Israeli airstrike on his home in northern Gaza.
November 10, 2023. Ahmed Al-Qara, a photojournalist who worked for Al-Aqsa University and was also a freelancer, was killed in a strike at the entrance of Khuza’a town.
November 7, 2023. Yahya Abu Manih, a journalist with Al-Aqsa radio channel, was killed in a strike in the Gaza strip.
Mohamed Abu Hassira, a journalist for WAFA, was killed in a strike on his home in Gaza along with 42 family members.
November 5, 2023. Mohamed Al Jaja, a media worker and the organisational development consultant at Press House-Palestine, which owns Sawa news agency in Gaza and promotes press freedom/independent media, was killed in a strike on his home along with his wife and two daughters in the Al-Naser neighborhood in northern Gaza.
November 2, 2023. Mohammed Abu Hatab, a journalist and correspondent for Palestine TV, was killed along with 11 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.
Mohamad Al-Bayyari, a Palestinian journalist with Al-Aqsa TV channel, was killed in an airstrike on Gaza City.
November 1, 2023. Majd Fadl Arandas, a member of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate who worked for the news website Al-Jamaheer, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
Iyad Matar, a journalist working for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed along with his mother in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
October 31, 2023. A media worker and administrator for Palestine TV, Imad Al-Wahidi was killed with his family members in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Majed Kashko, a media worker and the office director of Palestine TV, was killed with his family members in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
October 30, 2023. Nazmi Al-Nadim, a deputy director of finance and administration for Palestine TV, was killed with members of his family in a strike on his home in Zeitoun area, eastern Gaza.
October 27, 2023. Yasser Abu Namous, Palestinian journalist from Al-Sahel media organization, was killed in a strike on his family home in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
October 26, 2023. Duaa Sharaf, host for Radio Al-Aqsa, was killed with her child in a strike on her home in the Yarmouk neighborhood in Gaza.
October 25, 2023. Saed Al-Halabi, a journalist for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
A journalist for Al-Aqsa TV, Ahmed Abu Mhadi Mhadi was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Salma Mkhaimer, a freelance journalist, was killed alongside her child in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.
Jamal Al-Faqaawi, a Palestinian journalist for Mithaq Media Foundation, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
October 24, 2023. Ibrahim Marzouq, a Palestinian media worker for the logistics department of the Gaza Bureau of Palestine Today TV, was killed along with his family in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza City´s Al-Tuffah neighborhood on October 24, 2023, according to his employer, and a report by the Beirut-based think tank Institute for Palestine Studies.
After Israeli warplanes bombed his home, he remained under the rubble until noon when medical teams were able to extract his body, according to the Institute for Palestine Studies. Marzouq had decided to stay at his home rather than leave for southern Gaza with his family as advised by the Israeli Army, the institute report said.
October 23, 2023. Mohammed Imad Labad, a journalist for the Al Resalah news website, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.
October 22, 2023. Roshdi Sarraj, a journalist and co-founder of Ain Media, a Palestinian company specializing in professional media services, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
October 20, 2023. On October 20, Israeli journalist Roee Idan was declared dead after his body was recovered. A photographer for the Israeli newspaper Ynet, Idan was initially reported missing when his wife and daughter were killed in a Hamas attack on October 7 on Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
Mohammed Ali, a journalist from Al-Shabab Radio (Youth Radio), Ali was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip.
October 19, 2023. Khalil Abu Aathra, a videographer for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed along with his brother in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
October 18, 2023. Sameeh Al-Nady, a journalist and director for Al-Aqsa TV, Al-Nady was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
October 17, 2023. Mohammad Balousha, a journalist and the administrative and financial manager of the local media channel Palestine Today office in Gaza, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Saftawi neighborhood in northern Gaza.
Issam Bhar, a journalist for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip.
October 16, 2023. Abdulhadi Habib, a journalist who worked for Al-Manara News Agency and HQ News Agency, was killed along with several of his family members when a missile strike hit his house near the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
October 14, 2023. Yousef Maher Dawas, a contributing writer for Palestine Chronicle and a writer for We Are Not Numbers (WANN), a youth-led Palestinian nonprofit project, was killed in an Israeli missile strike on his family’s home in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia.
October 13, 2023. Salam Mema was a freelance journalist who held the position of head of the Women Journalists Committee at the Palestinian Media Assembly, an organisation committed to advancing media work for Palestinian journalists. Her body was recovered from the rubble three days after her home in the Jabalia refugee camp, situated in the northern Gaza Strip, was hit by an Israeli airstrike on October 10.
Husam Mubarak, a journalist for Al Aqsa Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip.
Issam Abdallah, a Beirut-based videographer for the Reuters news agency, was killed near the Lebanon border by shelling coming from the direction of Israel. Abdallah and several other journalists were covering the back-and-forth shelling near Alma Al-Shaab in southern Lebanon between Israeli forces and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.
October 12, 2023. Ahmed Shehab, a journalist for Sowt Al-Asra Radio (Radio Voice of the Prisoners), was killed along with his wife and three children in an Israeli airstrike on his house in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip.
October 11, 2023. Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar, a freelance photojournalist, was killed during an Israeli airstrike in Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.
October 10, 2023. Saeed al-Taweel, editor-in-chief of the Al-Khamsa News website, was killed when Israeli warplanes struck an area housing several media outlets in Gaza City’s Rimal district.
Mohammed Sobh, a photographer from Khabar news agency, was killed when Israeli warplanes struck an area housing several media outlets in Gaza City’s Rimal district.
Hisham Alnwajha, a journalist with Khabar news agency, was injured when Israeli warplanes struck an area housing several media outlets in Gaza City’s Rimal district. He died of his injuries later that day.
October 8, 2023. Assaad Shamlakh, a freelance journalist, was killed along with nine members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Sheikh Ijlin, a neighborhood in the southern Gaza Strip.
October 7, 2023. Shai Regev, who served as an editor for TMI, the gossip and entertainment news section of the Hebrew-language daily newspaper Maariv, was killed during a Hamas attack on the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Regev’s death was confirmed after she was reported missing for six days.
Ayelet Arnin, a 22-year-old news editor with the Israel Broadcasting Corporation Kan, was killed during a Hamas attack on the Supernova music festival in southern Israel.
Yaniv Zohar, an Israeli photographer working for the Hebrew-language daily newspaper Israel Hayom, was killed during a Hamas attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel, along with his wife and two daughters.
Mohammad Al-Salhi, a photojournalist working for the Fourth Authority news agency, was shot dead near a Palestinian refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Mohammad Jarghoun, a journalist with Smart Media, was shot while reporting on the conflict in an area to the east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.
Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi, a photographer for Ain Media, was shot and killed at the Gaza Strip’s Erez Crossing into Israel.
All data comes from the CPJ.
Read CPJ's ongoing journalist casualty count: https://cpj.org/2023/11/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/
Image by Mahmud HAMS / AFP: Journalists, relatives and friends pray over the body of Palestine TV journalist Mohamed Abu Hatab and eleven family members the day after they were killed when their home was hit in the Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on November 3, 2023.
