--- title: "A Daily Maverick scroll of honour of journalists killed while covering the Israel-Gaza war" description: "Daily Maverick condemns the killings of scores of journalists since 7 October in the Israel-Gaza war and the targeting of the eyes of war, regarded as requiring special protection under the Geneva Conventions." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "MIDDLE EAST CRISIS" author: "Daily Maverick" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/dailymaverick/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-24-daily-maverick-roll-of-honour-of-journalists-killed-in-israel-gaza-war/" published: "2024-01-24T23:30:56" updated: "2024-02-06T16:07:51" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 4336 --- # A Daily Maverick scroll of honour of journalists killed while covering the Israel-Gaza war > Daily Maverick condemns the killings of scores of journalists since 7 October in the Israel-Gaza war and the targeting of the eyes of war, regarded as requiring special protection under the Geneva Conventions. By Daily Maverick · Published 25 January 2024, 01:30 SAST · Updated 6 February 2024, 18:07 SAST ## Key points - In the deadliest period for journalists in recent history, more reporters have been killed in the first 10 weeks of Israel's war on Gaza than in World War 2 or the Vietnam War, with evidence suggesting that Palestinian reporters in Gaza are being targeted by Israeli officials, leading to calls for their protection and for the International Criminal Court to investigate these killings. - More reporters killed in Gaza in 3 months than in WW2 or Vietnam War. - Committee to Protect Journalists finds more journalists killed in 10 weeks of Israel's war on Gaza than in any single country in a year. - Palestinian reporters in Gaza being targeted, evidence of direct threats by Israeli officials. - Al Jazeera demands International Criminal Court investigate killings as breaches of Geneva Conventions. ## Content More reporters were killed in Gaza in three months than in all of World War 2 or the Vietnam War. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found more journalists have been killed in the first 10 weeks of Israel’s war on Gaza than were killed in a single country over an entire year. In Iraq, the only country to approach this toll in a single year, 56 journalists were killed in 2006. [According to the CPJ](https://cpj.org/2023/12/israel-gaza-war-takes-record-toll-on-journalists-2/), “the first 10 weeks of the Israel-Gaza war have been the deadliest recorded for journalists, with the most journalists killed in a single year in one location”. The committee says the scale and circumstances of the killings, including direct threats to reporters and their families by Israeli officials, is evidence that Palestinian reporters in Gaza are being targeted. [Under the Geneva Conventions](http://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/HR_in_armed_conflict.pdf), during armed conflict, journalists must be protected and allowed to report on events as long as they don’t directly take part in hostilities. The conventions state that propaganda is not considered direct participation. Journalists working for Hamas-affiliated media organisations or Israeli networks are to be protected alike. *Al Jazeera* has demanded that the International Criminal Court add these killings to its investigation of Israel’s other alleged breaches of the Geneva Conventions across occupied Palestine. *Al Jazeera’s* Gaza bureau chief, Wael al-Dahdouh, says: “The world must see with their eyes, not Israel’s eyes.” The Palestinian journalists are the world’s eyes because Israel has placed a ban on foreign coverage of the war – other than for a few embedded Western journalists, Al-Dahdouh and his colleagues have told the story of the Gaza War. On 6 November 2023, six media professionals were killed in 24 hours in Gaza. The [United Nations decried](https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/un-human-rights-office-opt-killings-journalists-and-their-family-members-gaza-enar) the attacks, which included Sari Mansour and Hassouneh Salim, who were reporting from the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. On Tuesday, 16 January 2024, [Al-Dahdouh left Gaza](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/17/al-jazeeras-gaza-bureau-chief-wael-dahdouh-in-qatar-for-medical-treatment), crossed into Egypt, and then flew to Qatar for medical treatment. He has come to symbolise both the suffering and resilience of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. In October, four members of his family were killed, including his wife, 15-year-old son, seven-year-old daughter and his grandson, in an Israeli strike on a refugee camp where they were seeking shelter after their home had been bombed. As of 19 January 2023, [90 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead](https://cpj.org/2024/01/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/): 83 Palestinian, four Israeli and three Lebanese. The Gaza media office and Palestinian Ministry of Health put the number much higher: 119. Sixteen journalists were reported injured, with three reported missing on 7 October 2023: Oded Lifschitz (Al-Hamishmar and Haaretz), Nidal Al-Wahidi (Al Najah) and Haitham Abdelwahid (Ain Media). Twenty-one journalists were [arrested](https://cpj.org/2024/01/attacks-arrests-threats-censorship-the-high-risks-of-reporting-the-israel-hamas-war/), including reports of [multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship and killings of family members](https://cpj.org/2024/01/attacks-arrests-threats-censorship-the-high-risks-of-reporting-the-israel-hamas-war/). The outcry from media organisations is growing, with the [International Press Institute](https://ipi.media/gaza-ipi-call-to-action/)issuing a strong call last week to ensure the safety of journalists operating in Gaza and to enable media to operate independently. It is a tragedy, a travesty, a war crime. But in an ongoing war in which more than 25,000 people have been killed in just more than 100 days, most of them women and children, there has not been time to mourn their passing. We do so now and will keep this roll of honour updated. [YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR3l66btqQo) These are their names. We remember them. We honour them. Our scroll of honour, which we will update, is built in ascending order by date. #### **18 January 2024** ![Journalist, Mohamed Naser Abu Huwaidi (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/1QXf9s_jbA-g6VkhPldLYXN6-lc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohamed-Naser-Abu-Huwaidi.jpeg) *(Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)* ![Journalist Wael Abu Funouna (Photo: Instagram, @khaledbeydoun)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hbCo7YTbuadU9MVoRUDdf8XRnuM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Wael-Abu-Funouna.png) *Journalist, Wael Abu Funouna. (Photo: Instagram, @khaledbeydoun)* **Wael Abu Funouna** Palestinian Wael Abu Funouna, the manager of *Al-Quds Today TV*, was killed in an Israeli bombing in Gaza City. #### **14 January 2024** ![Journalist, Yazan al-Zuweidi (Photo: X, @IFJGlobal)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XWDK9usB6U4-K8q515rczV47FQI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Yazan-al-Zuweidi-.webp) *Journalist Yazan al-Zuweidi. (Photo: X, @IFJGlobal)* **Yazan al-Zuweidi** Al-Zuweidi (27), a Palestinian journalist and camera operator for the privately owned Cairo-based broadcaster *Al-Ghad*, was killed, along with his brother and cousin, in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. Al-Zuweidi was on his way to see what happened to his home in the aftermath of the heavy bombing, according to his employer, the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes*, The New Arab*, and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate. He had been working with *Al-Ghad* for six years and covered the war and various other events in Gaza. *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. #### **11 January 2024** ![Journalist, Mohamed Jamal Sobhi Al-Thalathini (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/5KY8huD_oP8fcDPYVmKfTBQ9k98=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohamed-Jamal-Sobhi-Al-Thalathini.jpg_large.jpg) *Journalist Mohamed Jamal Sobhi Al-Thalathini. (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)* **Mohamed Jamal Sobhi Al-Thalathini** A Palestinian journalist who worked for *Al-Quds Al-Youm*, Al-Thalathini was killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in south Gaza. #### **10 January 2024** **Ahmed Bdeir** Ahmed Bdeir, a Palestinian journalist working for the local news website *Bawabat al-Hadaf*, was killed in an Israeli air strike on a house in Khan Younis, close to the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Bdeir was standing in front of the journalists’ tent at the gate of the hospital and died when shrapnel hit him, according to *Al Jazeera*, *The New Arab* and SKeyes. His outlet said he worked relentlessly during the war to cover the news. #### **9 January 2024** ![Journalist, Heba al-Abdallah (Photo: X, @MiddleEastEye)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/NkWURWfXMg10VWyLI23NbCw78Hs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Heba-al-Abdallah.png) *Journalist Heba al-Abdallah. (Photo: X, @MiddleEastEye)* **Heba al-Abdallah** Palestinian journalist Heba al-Abdallah was killed along with her daughter in her home in Khan Younis after Israeli forces bombed the area. A Gaza-based content creator who has been documenting Israel’s assaults on Gaza since 7 October, Bisan Owda, said in an Instagram video posted on 10 January: “She was empowering women and youth in the fields of social and political work.” #### **7 January 2024** ![Journalist Hamza Al-Dahdouh. (Photo: Facebook / 5pillarsuk)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/obyUwlUJa1c4YijOSX-CYbicbxk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/hamza-Al-Dahdouh-2.jpeg) *Journalist Hamza Al-Dahdouh. (Photo: Facebook / 5pillarsuk)* **Hamza Al-Dahdouh** A Palestinian journalist and camera operator for *Al Jazeera* and the son of *Al Jazeera* Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh, Hamza was killed in an Israeli drone strike along with freelance journalist Mustafa Thuraya. **Mustafa Thuraya** A Palestinian freelance videographer working for *Agence France-Presse*, Thuraya was killed in an Israeli drone strike along with Al-Dahdouh. #### **5 January 2024** **Akram ElShafie** The Palestinian journalist working as a reporter and editor for *Safa* died after sustaining injuries on 30 October 2023 from Israeli bullets, according to *Safa*, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and *Al Jazeera*. *Safa* said that ElShafie (53) was critically injured while on his way to check on his house, and spent the past two months in hospitals. He had started working with *Safa* in 2019 and his final report had been about the cooperation and solidarity between Gazan refugees in the war. #### **29 December 2023** ![Journalist, Jabr Abu Hadrous (Photo: X, @RamiJarrah)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/i06HuYbY3rvO5rQNLrvSF3gBD2w=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jabr-Abu-Hadrous.jpeg) *Journalist Jabr Abu Hadrous. (Photo: X, @RamiJarrah)* **Jabr Abu Hadrous** A Palestinian journalist and a reporter for *Quds Al-Youm* broadcaster, Abu Hadrous was killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Nuseirat camp, northern Gaza, along with seven members of his family. #### **28 December 2023** **Ahmed Maher Khair al-Din** A Palestinian journalist and a camera operator for the Hamas-affiliated *Quds Al-Youm TV*, and a reporter for the Hamas-affiliated *Quds* feed, Al-Dinwas killed in an Israeli air strike on his family home in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, along with 12 family members, including his uncle. ![Journalist Mohammad Khair Al Din (Photo: X, @CensoredNws)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0_cDhW1GEM1nvTjPKLYPmgW5lQg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohammad-Khair-Al-Din.jpeg) *Journalist Mohammad Khair Al Din. (Photo: X, @CensoredNws)* **Mohammad Khair al-Din** Journalist Mohammad Khair al-Din was killed in the Israeli bombing of their family homes in Beit Lahia. **Mohamed Khaireddine** A Palestinian journalist who works for *Al-Aqsa TV*, Khaireddine was killed in an Israeli air strike on his family home in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, along with 12 family members, including his nephew, Ahmed Khaireddine. #### **24 December 2024** **Ahmad Jamal Al Madhoun** The deputy director of the Hamas government-owned local newspaper and news agency *Al-Rai* and the director of visual content at the agency, Al Madhoun was killed in an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza. ![Journalist, Mohamad Al-Iff (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/s3afs0sGm7WHiR0Z15MjbqcUiKg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohamad-Al-Iff.jpg_large.jpg) *Journalist Mohamad Al-Iff. (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)* **Mohamad Al-Iff** A Palestinian journalist and photographer for *Al-Rai*, Al-Iff was killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, northern Gaza, along with an unspecified number of family members. He was the cousin of journalist Mohamed Azzaytouniyah, who was killed in the same strikes, according to a [tweet](https://twitter.com/HAMMAM_PAL/status/1738866979769901566) by Al-Iff’s cousin, Hammam. ![Journalist, Mohamed Azzaytouniyah (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/AST_-SasuQIHN__N3OTLUkL4dwA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohamed-Azzaytouniyah.jpg_large.jpg) *Journalist Mohamed Azzaytouniyah. (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)* **Mohamed Azzaytouniyah** A Palestinian media worker and a sound engineer for *Al-Rai*. Azzaytouniyah was killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, along with an unspecified number of family members, including his father, according to a [tweet](https://twitter.com/HAMMAM_PAL/status/1738866979769901566) by his brother, Hammam. #### **22 December 2023** **Mohamed Khalifeh** A media worker and director at *Al-Aqsa**TV*. He was killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Nuseirat camp, central Gaza, along with his wife and three of his children. ### **19 December 2023** ![Journalist Adel Zorob. (Photo: X, @WAFANewsEnglish)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/fMKsLQb5TZ0IGW7gO7yRHWPL6Ww=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Adel-Zorob.jpeg) *Journalist Adel Zorob. (Photo: X, @WAFANewsEnglish)* **Adel Zorob** A Palestinian freelance journalist who worked with a number of media outlets, including *Al-Aqsa Voice Radio*. Zorob was killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Rafah, southern Gaza, along with 25 family members, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, the *Middle East Eye*, the Palestinian Authority-run news agency *Wafa* and the independent *Wattan* news agency. #### **18 December 2023** ![Journalist Abdallah Alwan. (Photo: X, @OnlinePalEng)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/4ZB_IrBpoLXq5WDpezqaBS49tME=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Abdallah-Alwan.jpeg) *Journalist Abdallah Alwan. (Photo: X, @OnlinePalEng)* **Abdallah Alwan** A Palestinian media worker and voice-over specialist who contributed to multiple media outlets, including the *Al Jazeera*-owned *Midan*, *Mugtama* magazine and *Al Jazeera*, Alwan was a host on the Islamic University’s *Holy Quran Radio*. He was killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Jabalia. In his last Facebook [post](https://www.facebook.com/aelwan87/posts/pfbid02N15FLbzCsZiF2yizj1CHcy8naev6xM9B2uoTezF6C2ab4cqcEbzTJ2n4PB5bG1Vel), on 17 December, he wrote: “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.” #### **17 December 2023** ![Journalist Assem Kamal Moussa. (Photo: X, @Yasser_Gaza)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/i-LMOVUoWvnQmeISJN0CT-m_VUQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Assem-Kamal-Moussa.jpeg) *Journalist Assem Kamal Moussa. (Photo: X, @Yasser\_Gaza)* **Assem Kamal Moussa** A Palestinian journalist who produced visual and written news reports for the local, privately owned news website *Palestine Now*. Moussa was killed in an Israeli air strike on Khan Younis, southern Gaza. ![Journalist Haneen Kashtan. (Photo: Facebook)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/cyQ80SdCEYHKqTLpXSumRRmOD9c=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Haneen-Kashtan.jpeg) *Journalist Haneen Kashtan. (Photo: Facebook)* **Haneen Kashtan** A Palestinian journalist who contributed to a number of media outlets, including the local Fatah-affiliated *TV Al-Kofiya* and the local, privately owned *Baladna Web TV* (launched by journalists in 2017). Kashtan was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza, along with family members. #### **15 December 2023** ![Journalist Samer Abu Daqqa. (Photo: X, @Dima_Khatib)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8ImXScVo8vc9RBwi3w9kGsDK_BQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Samer-Abu-Daqqa.png) *Journalist Samer Abu Daqqa. (Photo: X, @Dima\_Khatib)* **Samer Abu Daqqa** A camera operator with *Al Jazeera Arabic*, Abu Daqqa was killed by a drone strike while covering the aftermath of nightly Israeli strikes on a UN school sheltering displaced people in the centre of Khan Younis, 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. *Al Jazeera* bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh’s colleague was injured in the same strike. #### **9 December 2023** **Duaa Jabbour** A Palestinian freelance journalist, Jabbour was killed in an Israeli air strike on her home, along with her husband and children, in Khan Younis. In her last Facebook [post](https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0N7jibRZimuxyMXBmABzTiGTZkcnnCA4PiciGZpeB6jff39hcGSV31phK1EpCuG7Ll&id=100000218862926) she wrote: “To survive every day is exhausting.” **Ola Atallah** Ola Atallah, a Palestinian female freelance journalist who contributed to many media outlets, was killed in an Israeli air strike on the house in which she and her family were taking refuge in the El-Daraj area of Gaza City. #### **6 December 2023** **Hamada Al-Yazji** Al-Yazji worked for the *Canaan News Agency*. He was killed during an Israeli bombing of the Sheikh Radwan area. #### **3 December 2023** ![Journalist Hassan Farajallah. (Photo: X, @thrasherxy)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/LlbSppVu-eTHM9zDihOIxNmZVKM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hassan-Farajallah.jpeg) *Journalist Hassan Farajallah. (Photo: X, @thrasherxy)* **Hassan Farajallah** He held a senior position at the Hamas-affiliated *Al-Quds TV*. Farajallah was killed in an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip. #### **1 December 2023** ![Journalist Abdullah Darwish. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/2_5AxO6sEB9tqDdZfX99Grjx4Fg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Abdullah-Darwish.jpeg) *Journalist Abdullah Darwish. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)* **Abdullah Darwish** Palestinian cameraman for *Al-Aqsa TV* was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. ![Journalist Adham Hassouna. (Photo: X, @MahaGaza)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Rn-fs8yTMmlaMfXsnzmVyZX7DKY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Adham-Hassouna.jpeg) *Journalist Adham Hassouna. (Photo: X, @MahaGaza)* **Adham Hassouna** A Palestinian freelance journalist and media professor at Gaza and Al-Aqsa universities, Hassouna was killed, along with several members of his family, in an Israeli air strike in the city of Gaza. ![Journalist Montaser Al-Sawaf. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/xRVFYFItCgEtjRuNvy33_6zldZg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Montaser-Al-Sawaf.png) *Journalist Montaser Al-Sawaf. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)* **Montaser Al-Sawaf** A Palestinian cameraman for *Anadolu Agency* was killed in Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip. #### **24 November 2023** **Mostafa Bakeer** A Palestinian journalist and camera operator for *Al-Aqsa TV*, Bakeer was killed in an Israeli air strike in Rafah, southern Gaza. #### **23 November 2023** ![Journalist Mohamed Mouin Ayyash. (Photo: X, @RamAbdu)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/1qMPNPVKAROR1qt1AFLKecVrLEA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohamed-Mouin-Ayyash.jpeg) *Journalist Mohamed Mouin Ayyash. (Photo: X, @RamAbdu)* **Mohamed Mouin Ayyash** A Palestinian journalist and a freelance photographer, Ayyash was killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, along with 20 members of his family. #### **22 November 2023** ![Journalist Mohamed Nabil Al-Zaq. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Lle8-GQQJzlRUSi8GXrDK3ihFjI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohamed-Nabil-Al-Zaq.jpg_large.jpg) *Journalist Mohamed Nabil Al-Zaq. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)* **Mohamed Nabil Al-Zaq** A Palestinian journalist and a social media manager for *Al-Quds TV*, Al-Zaq was killed in an Israeli air strike on Shejaiya in northern Gaza. #### **21 November 2023** ![Journalist Farah Omar. (Photo: X, @HindHassanNews)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/a1WDIhYf-zKSCKTPIa-cNgxGlto=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Farah-Omar.jpeg) *Journalist Farah Omar. (Photo: X, @HindHassanNews)* **Farah Omar** A Lebanese reporter for the Hezbollah-affiliated *Al-Mayadeen TV*, Omar was killed by an Israeli strike in the Tayr Harfa area of southern Lebanon, close to the border with Israel. She was reporting on escalating hostilities across the border and gave a live update an hour before her death. ![Journalist Rabih Al Maamari. (Photo: X, @SaraahHaj)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/TDMbBp09PFgrE86VQW8vLRPOi-I=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Rabih-Al-Maamari.jpeg) *Journalist Rabih Al Maamari. (Photo: X, @SaraahHaj)* **Rabih Al Maamari** Al Maamari, a Lebanese cameraperson for *Al-Mayadeen TV*, was killed by an Israeli strike in Tayr Harfa, southern Lebanon, close to the border with Israel, along with his colleague, Farah Omar. #### **20 November 2023** ![Journalist Ayat Khadoura. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/n6E-lA4l2vp2UdJU2lR4OYrIY4s=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ayat-Khadoura.jpeg) *Journalist Ayat Khadoura. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)* **Ayat Khadoura** A Palestinian freelance journalist and podcast presenter, Khadoura was killed along with an unknown number of family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. She shared videos on social media about the situation in Gaza, including one on 6 November which she called “my last message to the world”. “We had big dreams but our dream now is to be killed in one piece so they know who we are.” #### **19 November 2023** ![Journalist Bilal Jadallah. (Photo: X, @FactualNarrator)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iUHExPpxIBeghHjQxYs8nxuO6Ss=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bilal-Jadallah.png) *Journalist Bilal Jadallah. (Photo: X, @FactualNarrator)* **Bilal Jadallah** The director of Press House – Palestine, a nonprofit supporting independent Palestinian media development, Jadallah was killed in his car in Gaza in an Israeli air strike. #### **18 November 2023** **Abdelhalim Awad** A Palestinian media worker and driver for the Hamas-affiliated *Al-Aqsa TV*, Awad was killed in a strike on his home in the Gaza Strip. He had been working full-time since the beginning of the war in Khan Younis and had left to visit his family last week, his colleague Ziad AlMokayyed told CPJ via messaging app. **Amro Salah Abu Hayah** A Palestinian media worker in the broadcast department of *Al-Aqsa TV*, Salah Abu Hayah was killed in a strike in Gaza. **Hassouneh Salim** A Palestinian freelance photojournalist, Salim was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, along with his colleague and friend, Sari Mansour. ![Journalist Mossab Ashour. (Photo: Facebook)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/JD4A8SZ8zRG6D6A8p4yQFrNBVXs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mossab-Ashour.jpeg) *Journalist Mossab Ashour. (Photo: Facebook)* **Mossab Ashour** Palestinian photographer Ashour was killed during an attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. His death was not reported until 18 November, soon after his body had been discovered. ![Journalist Mostafa El Sawaf. (Photo: X, @HoyPalestina)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/qZZuEjMl4qFe2F4chtyZG0ILnL8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mostafa-El-Sawaf.png) *Journalist Mostafa El Sawaf. (Photo: X, @HoyPalestina)* **Mostafa El Sawaf** A Palestinian writer and analyst who contributed to the local news website *MSDR News*, El Sawaf was killed, along with his wife and two of his sons, in an Israeli air strike on his home in Shawa Square, Gaza City. **Sari Mansour** Mansour, director of the *Quds News Network*, and his colleague and friend, Hassouneh Salim, were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. #### **13 November 2023** ![Journalist Ahmed Fatima. (Photo: X, @MiddleEastEye)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nm2YEOnsz_zbtTR8SfVDIE7ICH0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ahmed-Fatima.jpeg) *Journalist Ahmed Fatima. (Photo: X, @MiddleEastEye)* **Ahmed Fatima** A photographer for the Egypt-based *Al Qahera News TV* and a media worker with Press House – Palestine, Fatima was killed in a strike in Gaza. **Yaacoub Al-Barsh** Al-Barsh, the executive director of the local *Namaa Radio*, was killed after sustaining injuries on 12 November during an Israeli air strike on his home in northern Gaza. #### **10 November 2023** ![Journalist Ahmed Al-Qara. (Photo: X, @ZainaErhaim)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ALWv8Sh6HfYRn4N3alNGxR1lxWo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ahmed-Al-Qara.jpeg) *Journalist Ahmed Al-Qara. (Photo: X, @ZainaErhaim)* **Ahmed Al-Qara** A photojournalist who worked for Al-Aqsa University and a freelancer, Al-Qara was killed in a strike at the entrance to Khuza’a town, east of the southern city of Khan Younis. #### **7 November 2023** ![Journalist, Mohamed Abu Hassira (Photo: X, @IFJGlobal)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tYrKt7E4UAT-cFjq_6gQKYEiI-w=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohamed-Abu-Hassira.png) *Journalist Mohamed Abu Hassira. (Photo: X, @IFJGlobal)* **Mohamed Abu Hassira** A journalist for the *Wafa* news agency, Abu Hassira was killed in a strike on his home in Gaza, along with 42 family members. **Yahya Abu Manih** A journalist with the Hamas-affiliated *Al-Aqsa* radio channel, Abu Manih was killed in a strike in the Gaza Strip. #### **5 November 2023** ![Journalist Mohamed Al Jaja. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/QrGxvzf0IhPX638-sAGeA5yXYfU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohamed-Al-Jaja.jpeg) *Journalist Mohamed Al Jaja. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)* **Mohamed Al Jaja** A media worker and the organisational development consultant at Press House – Palestine. An Israeli air strike killed him in his home along with his wife and two daughters in the Al-Naser neighbourhood of northern Gaza. #### **3 November 2023** **Shaima El-Gazzar** A Palestinian journalist for the *Al-Majedat**Network*, El-Gazzar was killed along with her family members in an Israeli air strike on Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip. #### **2 November 2023** **Mohamad Al-Bayyari** A Palestinian journalist with *Al-Aqsa TV*, Al-Bayyari was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. **Mohammed Abu Hatab** A journalist and correspondent for the Palestinian Authority-funded broadcaster *Palestine TV*, Abu Hatab was killed along with 11 members of his family in an Israeli air strike on their home in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. #### **1 November 2023** **Iyad Matar** A journalist working for *Al-Aqsa TV*, Matar was killed along with his mother in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. **Majd Fadl Arandas** A member of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate who worked for the news website *Al-Jamaheer*, Arandas was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. #### **31 October 2023** **Imad Al-Wahidi** A media worker and administrator for the Palestinian Authority-run *Palestine TV*, Al-Wahidi was killed with his family members in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. ![Journalist, Majed Kashko (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/06HgRkRgeXzL4kKx-qlSltRjK2k=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Majed-Kashko.jpg_large.jpg) *Journalist Majed Kashko. (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)* **Majed Kashko** A media worker and the office director of the Palestinian Authority-run *Palestine TV*, Kashko was killed with his family members in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. #### **30 October 2023** **Nazmi Al-Nadim** 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 the Zeitoun area of eastern Gaza. #### **27 October 2023** ![Journalist Yasser Abu Namous. (Photo: X, @GazaMartyrs)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mqBLPPCpSRS8H7cr6Zwn8ScBCvE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Yasser-Abu-Namous.jpeg) *Journalist Yasser Abu Namous. (Photo: X, @GazaMartyrs)* **Yasser Abu Namous** Palestinian journalist for the *Al-Sahel* media organisation, Abu Namous was killed in a strike on his family home in Khan Younis, Gaza. #### **26 October 2023** **Duaa Sharaf** Host on the Hamas-affiliated *Radio Al-Aqsa*, Sharaf was killed with her child in a strike on her home in the Yarmouk neighbourhood in Gaza. #### **25 October 2023** ![Ahmed Abu Mhadi. (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_sfMndyhOlesmYWC9E7C5sULjl4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ahmed-Abu-Mhadi-1.jpeg) *Ahmed Abu Mhadi.* **Ahmed Abu Mhadi** A journalist for *Al-Aqsa TV*, Abu Mhadi was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. ![Journalist Jamal Al-Faqaawi. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/U3ROCuadSoboeBQPOjOQtPee4Ks=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jamal-Al-Faqaawi.jpeg) *Journalist Jamal Al-Faqaawi. (Photo: X, @QudsNen)* **Jamal Al-Faqaawi** A Palestinian journalist for the Islamic Jihad-affiliated Mithaq Media Foundation, Al-Faqaawi was killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Khan Younis. ![Journalist Saed Al-Halabi. (Photo: Facebook)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/5tZ_RdumsD0HNn8PAXlXKnT3r0w=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Saed-Al-Halabi.jpeg) *Journalist Saed Al-Halabi. (Photo: Facebook)* **Saed Al-Halabi** Al-Halabi, a journalist for the Hamas-affiliated *Al-Aqsa TV*, was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. ![Journalist Salma Mkhaimer. (Photo: The Coalition for Women in Journalism)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/fZ0yq0azzNJADHeOJ5b8WAzSXd4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Salma-Mkhaimer.jpeg) *Journalist Salma Mkhaimer. (Photo: The Coalition for Women in Journalism)* **Salma Mkhaimer** A freelance journalist, Mkhaimer was killed alongside her child in an Israeli air strike in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip. #### **23 October 2023** ![Journalist Mohammed Imad Labad. (Photo: Roya News)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/SjeExVtxhEzxoO3SlW_TAp_ptgA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohammed-Imad-Labad.webp) *Journalist Mohammed Imad Labad. (Photo: Roya News)* **Mohammed Imad Labad** A journalist for the *Al Resalah* news website, Labad was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City. #### **22 October 2023** **Roshdi Sarraj** A 31-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and co-founder of Ain Media, a Palestinian company specialising in professional media services, Sarraj was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. #### **20 October 2023** **Mohammed Ali** A Palestinian journalist with *Al-Shabab Radio* (Youth Radio), Ali was killed in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip. **Roee Idan** The Israeli journalist was declared dead after his body was recovered, according to *The Times of Israel* and the International Federation of Journalists. Idan, a photographer for the Israeli newspaper *Ynet*, was initially reported missing when his wife and daughter were killed in the Hamas attack on 7 October on Kibbutz Kfar Aza. CPJ confirmed that he had been working on the day of the attack. #### **19 October 2023** ![Journalist Khalil Abu Aathra. (Photo: X, @VictorGGuerrero)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/VhCXb1qpIGbaB9Dh9kBr4bW6Q-A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Khalil-Abu-Aathra.jpeg) *Journalist Khalil Abu Aathra. (Photo: X, @VictorGGuerrero)* **Khalil Abu Aathra** A videographer for *Al-Aqsa TV*, Abu Aathra was killed along with his brother in an Israeli air strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. #### **18 October 2023** ![Journalist Sameeh Al-Nady. (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/5Mr3Pcsitv88CBN_Nscsk5o8X_s=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sameeh-Al-Nady.jpeg) *Journalist Sameeh Al-Nady. (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)* **Sameeh Al-Nady** A journalist and director for *Al-Aqsa TV*, Al-Nady was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. #### **17 October 2023** **Issam Bhar** Issam Bhar, a journalist for *Al-Aqsa TV*, was killed in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip. ![Journalist Mohammad Balousha. (Photo: X, @OnlinePalEng)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/LXM4dCOo2nlq6xG5r8OBR2W2UZw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohammad-Balousha.jpeg) *Journalist Mohammad Balousha. (Photo: X, @OnlinePalEng)* **Mohammad Balousha** A Palestinian journalist and the administrative and financial manager of the Gaza office of the local news TV channel *Palestine Today*, Balousha was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Al-Saftawi neighbourhood in northern Gaza. #### **16 October 2023** **Abdul-Hadi Fakhri Nazzal** A Palestinian journalist who worked for the *Al-Manara News Agency* and *HQ News Agency*. Habib was killed along with several of his family members in a missile strike that targeted his house near the Zeitoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City. #### **14 October 2023** ![Journalist Yousef Maher Dawas. (Photo: We Are Not Numbers)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/gTanvuU_6E8ot5hRZxWa-00o3gI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Yousef-Maher-Dawas.jpeg) *Journalist Yousef Maher Dawas. (Photo: We Are Not Numbers)* **Yousef Maher Dawas** Palestinian journalist Yousef Maher Dawas, a contributing writer for the *Palestine Chronicle* and 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 town of Beit Lahia, in the Gaza Strip north of Jabalia. #### **13 October 2023** ![Journalist Husam Mubarak. (Photo: X, @SK_Eyes)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/IPstOBRy6NoJQF4kkBZtiTjueU8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Husam-Mubarak.jpeg) *Journalist Husam Mubarak. (Photo: X, @SK\_Eyes)* **Husam Mubarak** A journalist for *Al-Aqsa Radio*, Mubarak was killed in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip. **Issam Abdallah** A journalist working for *Al-Aqsa TV*, Abdallah was killed along with his mother in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. **Salam Mema** Salam Mema was a 32-year-old freelance Palestinian journalist and head of the Women Journalists Committee at the Palestinian Media Assembly, an organisation committed to advancing media work for Palestinian journalists. She was killed when her home in the Jabalia camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, was hit in an Israeli air strike. #### **12 October 2023** ![Journalist, Ahmed Shehab (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dDmRRv_9sbJkEy3vmAv9Ti2uhsI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ahmed-Shehab.png) *Journalist Ahmed Shehab. (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)* **Ahmed Shehab** A Palestinian journalist for *Sowt Al-Asra Radio* (Radio Voice of the Prisoners), Shehab was killed along with his wife and three children in an Israeli air strike that struck his house in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip. ### **11 October 2023** ![Journalist Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar. (Photo: WAFA Agency)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Xgz47kqAUewD0WbiM8KlR1Z4EmY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohamed-Fayez-Abu-Matar.jpeg) *Journalist Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar. (Photo: WAFA Agency)* **Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar** A freelance Palestinian photojournalist, Abu Matar was killed during an Israeli air strike in Rafah City, southern Gaza Strip. #### **9 October 2023** ![Journalist Hisham Alnwajha. (Photo: Facebook)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/lJeCTV20Z4l2m5nva4Gbfy4H7dQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hisham-Alnwajha.jpeg) *Journalist Hisham Alnwajha. (Photo: Facebook)* **Hisham Alnwajha** A 27-year-old Palestinian reporter for the *Khabar News Agency*, Alnwajha was killed when Israeli warplanes struck an area housing several media outlets in the Rimal district of western Gaza. #### **Mohammed Sobh** A Palestinian photographer from the *Khabar* news agency, Sobh was killed in an Israeli air strike on an area housing several media outlets in Rimal district, western Gaza. ![Journalist Saeed al-Taweel. (Photo: X, @MahaGaza)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/uCcV5AhdQTCxp3gAuvXVe1R455Y=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Saeed-al-Taweel.jpg_large.jpg) *Journalist Saeed al-Taweel. (Photo: X, @MahaGaza)* **Saeed al-Taweel** Palestinian journalist Saeed al-Taweel, editor-in-chief of the *Al-Khamsa News* website, was killed when Israeli warplanes struck an area in Rimal district – the same strike that killed journalists Mohammed Sobh and Hisham Alnwajha. #### **8 October 2023** **Assaad Shamlakh** Freelance Palestinian journalist Shamlakh was killed along with nine members of his family in an Israeli air strike on their home in Sheikh Ijlin, a neighbourhood in the southern Gaza Strip. #### **7 October 2023** ![Journalist Ayelet Arnin. (Photo: Facebook)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XTguvo_dFycnstVG6OXRs-sbNwE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ayelet-Arnin.jpeg) *Journalist Ayelet Arnin. (Photo: Facebook)* **Ayelet Arnin** A 22-year-old Israeli news editor with the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (Kan), Arnin was killed during a Hamas attack in the south of Israel. ![Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi. (Illustration: X, Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0IDrf28h8oum9fSzPYm9EzCVVqQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ibrahim_Mohammad_Lafi.png) *Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi.* **Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi** A photographer for *Ain Media*, Lafi was shot and killed at the Gaza Strip’s Erez Crossing into Israel. **Mohammed Al-Salhi** A photojournalist working for the *Fourth Authority* news agency, Al-Salhi was shot dead near a Palestinian refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. ![Journalist Mohammad Jarghoun. (Photo: X, @khalilkhatib90)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8GVvMHe87AoBJUdAjBI5OvRNLBc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mohammad-Jarghoun.jpeg) *Journalist Mohammad Jarghoun. (Photo: X, @khalilkhatib90)* **Mohammad Jarghoun** A journalist with *Smart Media*, Jarghoun was shot while reporting on the conflict in an area to the east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip. ![Journalist Shai Regev. (Photo: Facebook)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/UgGoAFr_AN_7J9RAYvnnM4vkPRE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shai-Regev.jpeg) *Journalist Shai Regev. (Photo: Facebook)* **Shai Regev** An Israeli editor for *TMI*, the gossip and entertainment news section of the Hebrew-language daily newspaper *Maariv*, Regev was killed during a Hamas attack on Israel. The confirmation of her death came after she was reported missing for six days, with the announcement made to her family, as reported by *Maariv* and *The Times of Israel*. ![Photographer Emilio Morenatti embraces Yaniv Zohar (Photo: AP Photo / Tsafrir Abayov, File)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jcPqKQnyZbzv0YY5Mott5NhiBRc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Yaniv-Zohar-11.jpeg) *Photographer Emilio Morenatti embraces Yaniv Zohar (Photo: AP Photo / Tsafrir Abayov, File)* **Yaniv Zohar** An Israeli photographer working for the Israeli Hebrew-language daily newspaper *Israel Hayom*, Zohar was killed during a Hamas attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel. *Israel Hayom* and *Israel National News* reported that his wife and two daughters also died in the attack.**DM** *Update: Journalists have organised various vigils at 6pm on Sunday:* *![Image](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-21-at-21.07.42.jpeg)*