Killing journalists is a war crime. There is not a single government or military in the world that does not know this fact. Press and media employees are supposed to have immunity in the event of a military attack, even in the very rare case of producing propaganda.
Before October 2023, the highest number of journalists killed in violent conflict was 69, People killed over a six-year period during World War II. During the 20-year American invasion of Vietnam, 63 journalists were killed. Just recently, Israeli forces suffered at least one fatality. 92 Palestinian journalists and media personnel within four months. Here are their names.
On October 7, Mohammad al-Salih, a fourth official, was shot dead.
Ibrahim Rafi of Ain Media was murdered on October 7th.
Mohammad Jargoon of Smart Media passed away on October 7th.
Freelancer Asad Shamraq was killed along with his family in an airstrike on October 8th.
Salam Maymah of Al-Quds Radio was killed in an airstrike on Jabalia refugee camp on October 10th.
said al-Tawil, director of al-Qhamisa news agency, who was killed in an airstrike on a residential building on October 10.
Mohamed Soboh, a photojournalist for Habal News Agency, was killed on October 10 in an airstrike on a residential building.
Hisham al-Nawaji, a photographer for the Habar news agency, was killed in an airstrike on a residential building on October 10.
On October 11, freelancer Mohamed Faiz Yousef Abu Matar was killed in a bomb attack.
Voice of Prisoners Radio producer Ahmed Shehab was killed along with his family in an airstrike on Jabalia refugee camp on October 12.
Al-Aqsa TV’s Hossam Mubarak was killed in shelling on October 13th.
Youssef Dawas, a freelancer, was killed along with his family in an airstrike on October 14th.
Al-Aqsa TV’s Abdul Hadi Habib killed in bombing. He died at his home on October 16th.
Al-Aqsa TV’s Issam Bahar was killed in a bombing. He died at his home on October 17th.
Palestine TV’s Mohamed Varosha was killed in a bombing. He died at his home on October 17th.
Al-Aqsa TV producer and director Sami Al-Nadi was killed in an aircraft bombing on October 18th.
Al-Aqsa TV cameraman Khalil Abu Atla was killed on October 19th.
Mohammed Abu Ali of Al-Shabab radio station killed in shelling. He died at his home on October 20th.
Al-Aqsa TV’s Hani Madhoun was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on October 21st.
Roshdi Sarraj, photojournalist, film director, and co-founder of Ain Media, was killed in the airstrike. He died at his home on October 22nd.
Mohammed Imad Rabad of Al Risala News was killed in a bombing on October 23rd.
Mitaq Media Network’s Jamal Al Fakawi was killed in a bombing. He died at his home on October 25th.
Al-Aqsa TV’s Saeed Al-Halabi was killed in a targeted attack. He died at his home on October 25th.
Ahmed Abu Mahdi of Al-Aqsa TV was killed in an airstrike on October 25th.
Salma Mukaimal, a freelancer, was killed in an airstrike on October 25th.
Zaher al-Afghani of Mitak Media was killed on October 25th.
Al-Aqsa Radio’s Dua Sharaf was killed in a missile attack. She died at her home on October 26th.
Mohammad Faiz Al-Hasani, Secretary-General of Lawasi, was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on October 26th.
Yasser Abu Namous of Al-Sahel Media was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on October 26th.
Palestine TV’s Nazmi al-Nadim killed in plane bombing. He died at his home on October 30th.
Majid Kashkou of Palestine Television was killed in an airstrike on October 31st.
Imad Wahidi of Palestine Television was killed in an airstrike on October 31st.
On November 1, Major Fadl Arandas of Al Jamahir was killed in a bombing near his home.
Palestinian TV correspondent Mohammad Abu Khattab was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on November 2nd.
Mohammed Bayari of Al-Aqsa TV was killed on November 2nd.
Al-Aqsa TV’s Iyad Matar was killed in shelling. He died at his home on November 2nd.
An airstrike on November 6 killed Press House official Mohamed Al Jajeh.
Mohammad Abu Hasira of Palestine News and WAFA Information Bureau killed in bombing on November 7th
Al-Aqsa radio operator Yahya Abu Muniyeh was killed in an airstrike on November 7th.
Photojournalist Ahmed Alcala, November 10th.
Musa al-Bash, executive director of Namah Radio, was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on November 12th.
Al-Kahela News photographer Ahmed Fatma was killed in an airstrike on November 13.
Namah radio director Jacob Barsh was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on November 14th.
Freelancer Mahmoud Matar was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on November 15th.
Photographer Moseab Ashur was killed on November 18 in an attack on the Nuseyrat refugee camp.
Mustafa al-Sawaf, a writer and journalist, was killed in an airstrike along with his wife and two children. They died at home on November 18th.
On November 18, Al-Aqsa TV’s Amr Abu Haya was killed in an airstrike.
Saleh Mansour of the Quds News Network was killed in an airstrike on the Braei refugee camp on November 18th.
Quds News photographer Hasneh Islam was killed in an airstrike on the Braeiji refugee camp on November 18th.
Al-Aqsa TV’s Abdelhalim Awad was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on November 18th.
Press chief Bilal Jadala was killed in an airstrike. He died in his car on November 19th.
Digital and broadcast journalist Ayat al-Haddura was killed in an airstrike on November 20 after posting a video from his home documenting the Gaza siege.
Khamis Salem Deb of Al-Quds radio station killed in airstrike. He died at his home on November 20th.
Amwaj Sports Media Network editor Jamal Haniyeh was killed in a bombing on November 21.
Mohammad Nabil al-Zaq of Quds TV was killed in an airstrike on November 22nd.
Asem al-Bash of Palestine’s Al-Rai Radio, shot by a sniper on November 22nd.
Photojournalist Muhammad Moin Ayyash was killed in an airstrike along with various members of his family. They died on November 23 at their home in Nuseyrat refugee camp.
Journalist Amal Zahed was killed in an airstrike on November 24th.
Al-Aqsa TV journalist and cameraman Mustafa Baqir was killed in an airstrike on Nuseyrat refugee camp. He died at his home on November 24th.
Palestine Television’s Nader al-Nazri was found under the rubble of his home a week after the bombing. He was found dead at his home on November 25th.
Al-Aqsa TV photojournalist Abdallah Darwish was killed in an attack on December 1.
Anadolu photographer Muntaser Al-Sawaf killed in airstrike. He died at his home on December 1st.
Muntaser’s younger brother, Marwan al-Sawaf, a photojournalist with Aref Media, was also killed in the same airstrike. He died at his home on December 1st.
Freelancer Addam Hassouna was killed in an airstrike on December 1st.
Hassan Farajara of Al Quds TV was killed in a bombing on December 3rd.
Shaima Jazar, a freelance writer for Al-Hayat newspaper Majedat Rafah Network, was killed along with nine of her family members in the Rafah bombing. She died at her home on December 4th.
Journalist Ala Atalla killed in airstrike in al-Daraj district. She was murdered along with nine members of her family on December 9th.
Photojournalist Mohamed Abu Samra was killed in a bombing on December 4th.
Dua Jabbar, a freelancer for Eyes Media Network, was killed in an airstrike on Khan Yunis. She passed away on December 9th at her home with her family by her side.
Russia Today intern Narmeen Kawas was killed in an airstrike. She died at her home on December 11th.
Abdul Karim Odeh, a journalist and former Al-Mayadeen correspondent, was killed on December 13 in an airstrike on the Nuseyrat refugee camp.
Al Jazeera cameraman Sameer Abu Dhaka was killed in a drone strike on December 15 while covering the aftermath of an Israeli attack on a school in Khan Yunis.
Asem Kamal Musa, killed in an airstrike on Khan Yunis, Palestine. He died at his home on December 16th.
Haneen Ali Al-Kashtan of Sout Al-Watan Radio was killed in a bombing in Nuseyrat refugee camp. She passed away on December 17th with her family by her side.
Midan contributor Abdallah Alwan killed in airstrike on Jabalia refugee camp. He died at his home on December 18th.
Mohammad Nasser Abu Heidi of Al-Istiqlal was killed on December 22 while on duty.
Ahmad Jamal Madhoun, deputy director of Al Rai Agency, was killed in an airstrike on December 23.
Al-Aqsa TV director Mohammad Khalifa was killed in a targeted airstrike. He died at his home on December 24th.
On December 24, photojournalist Mohammad Abdul Khalek Al Ghouf from Al Rai was killed while on duty.
Futaifa Lulu, a broadcast engineer for Al-Quds TV and Prisoner Radio, was killed in a targeted airstrike. He and his family passed away on December 24th at his home.
Al-Aqsa TV archiving officer Mohammad Khair al-Din was killed in a targeted airstrike. He died at his home on December 28th.
Al-Aqsa TV photojournalist Ahmad Khair al-Din was killed in a targeted airstrike. He died at his home on December 28th.
Al-Quds Channel correspondent Jaber Abu Hedros was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on December 29th.
Akram Al Shafei, a correspondent for Safa News Agency, died from injuries sustained in an airstrike during the siege of Al Shifa Hospital two months earlier, on January 5.
Hamza al-Dahadou, the son of al-Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, was killed in a targeted drone attack on his car on January 7.
Mustafa Touraya, a video cameraman for Agence France-Presse, was killed on January 7, along with Hamza al-Dahdou.
Heba al-Abdallah was killed in a bombing. She died at her home on January 9th.
Ahmad Boudeir of Hadaf News Agency, killed in the bombing of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital on January 10th.
Mohammed Jamal Sabahi Al-Talatini of Al-Quds TV was killed in an airstrike. He died at his home on January 11th.
Yazan al-Zweidi of Al-Ghad TV was killed in an airstrike on January 14th.
Iyad Ahmed Al Ruwahi of Al-Aqsa Radio was killed along with his family in an airstrike on Nuseyrat refugee camp. They died at home on January 26th.
Mohamed Abdel El Fattah Atta Allah, editor-in-chief of Al Risala, was killed along with his family in a bombing of Al Shati refugee camp. They died at home on January 29th.
This is the longest article I’ve ever written, and it’s just a list of names. I needed to extract their age, if known, the city or region they died in, and the family members they died with.
highly credible accusation Information about Israeli targeting has been circulating among journalists for months, yet the international community has yet to intervene to investigate or stop these apparent war crimes. With each passing day, fewer people are talking about Palestine. Sometimes I think, because the people who broadcast reality are dying in airstrikes on their homes, dying in drone attacks on their cars, being shot by snipers, being killed on the job, I wonder if he realizes that he is disappearing from his field of vision. Wear a press vest.
Many people of my generation have learned more about the realities of Gaza from journalists who have a large presence on social media. Motas Azaiza25 years old Bisan Ouda and 22 years old Prestia Aracado. They are slightly older than most of us and are begging the world to stop denying the horrors they are documenting. If they don’t post for a while, I think most of us hold our breath wondering if they’re the next name on that list, sentenced to death for telling the truth. Asaiza and Arakad Both recently had to leave Gaza for their own safety.
Fourteen of the journalists and media workers I listed died along with their families. Eleven of them were killed in attacks on refugee camps. At least 13 of them were killed in the line of duty or in targeted air strikes supervised by the Israeli government. Of those, 42 died at home.
We can already hear voices denying the cruel reality in front of us. I know there are people who are callous and blind enough to ignore these men and women. They were all either fathers or mothers, brothers or sisters, sons or daughters. They were all dedicated individuals who had so much more to offer the world, but they were all torn apart in such a painful way that I don’t think most of us would ever understand it. I know there are those who argue that if someone dies at home, they are not a target, but merely a “victim of war.”
I think that tells us everything we need to know. Supporters of this “war” want us to be reassured that these men and women were not torn apart by Israeli airstrikes because they were journalists; that was never the case. We should take comfort in knowing that they were killed simply for being Palestinian.
Sofia Uriagereka-Hellburger writes about politics and international and national social movements. Email her at [email protected].