Journalists on the ground in Gaza

“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side.

By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.

I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”

— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.”

What a handsome young man absolutely breaking my heart he was able to (accurately) predict that he would be murdered.

I heard the sad news of his death today, he was so young.
💔

Dignified even in death ❤️

Hossams farewell

https://x.com/HossamShabat/status/1904219854183313461

Sorry, that was responding to a post months ago.

Is Netanyahu not one of the world’s greatest liars?

And what do Israelis learn from their press?
How Israeli journalists carry out PR for the army
https://www.972mag.com/israeli-journalists-pr-army-october-7/

His last post in ig was to remember his colleague that had just been killed.

hossam was in the list that idf releases months ago accusing several journalists of being Hamas members without providing any proof about it. So I guess it was sooner or later that they were going to kill him

Hossam's murder really hit hard 😓, he learned English so that he could communicate with us westerners and always used to apologise for his English not being "perfect". He was only 22 or 23 and only started reporting on the situation after so many other journalists were murdered by the Israeli regime.

May he and all the others rest in peace. They were loved by so many around the world. ❤️💔

Israel has killed journalist and Palestine Today TV correspondent Mohammad Mansour in an airstrike on his family home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

Over 210 journalists have been killed by Israel in Gaza.

edited to add that Hossam Shbat has also been killed in the last few hours

Fadi Al Wahidi has been evacuated. 😀

x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1888182860152033753

https://cpj.org/special-reports/2024-is-deadliest-year-for-journalists-in-cpj-history-almost-70-percent-killed-by-israel/

Euromed has done a video remembering the 205 journalists killed

https://x.com/EuroMedHR/status/1880301951276949745

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/17/in-gaza-a-press-vest-makes-you-a-target-the-journalists-who-have-paid-a-price-for-reporting-on-the-war

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/14/fadi-al-wahidi-israel-cameraman-gaza-attack

An IDF sniper murdered Palestinian journalist Saed Nabhan while we was helping to transport wounded civilians. 💔

Warning, this is the video of the murder.

https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1877786403762757739

A message from Fadi al-Wahidi "We are not numbers".

https://x.com/ajplus/status/1877839836666527948

Five journalists were recently murdered by the IDF.

https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1872070605799035002
x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1872079273814564984

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/12/palestine-most-dangerous-country-for-journalists-reporters-without-borders-says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/25/killing-of-journalists-in-israeli-strike-could-be-a-war-legal-experts-say

Well since every UN employee has also been legislated to be Hamas, it is depressingly unsurprising that all Palestinian journalists, artists, and healthcare providers are being targeted as Hamas too.

Even the Arab Israeli school teacher, Safa Awad age 50, killed by a Hezbollah rocket in northern Israel was called a terrorist. A volunteer at Magen David Adom, the Israeli rescue service organisation, wrote, in a now deleted X post that has received more than a thousand likes, that, "There is nothing to feel sorry for. She is a terrorist in every respect. She is not in our favour in any way. May her getting fucked be blessed."

I believe he’s one of the journalists Israel accuses of being hamas

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/11/12/national-press-club-hands-al-jazeeras-wael-dahdouh-press-freedom-award

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/31/wael-al-dahdouh-gaza-palestinian-journalist-tragedy

Even artists are being targeted if they use their art to report….

Her Last Drawing Was Seen by 4.9M People. Last Week, This Gazan Animator Was Killed by Israel

Mahasen Al-Khatib, a Gazan animator who reported about the war and kept drawing to keep hope alive, died last week in an IDF operation in Jabalya
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2024-10-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/her-last-drawing-was-seen-by-4-9m-people-last-week-this-gazan-was-killed-by-israel/00000192-ce9b-d282-a1bb-fffb66dd0000

Mahasen al-Khateeb used her talent in illustration and character design to document the horrors of Israel’s war on Gaza since it erupted last October.
On Saturday, she posted her last artwork, depicting the 19-year-old Shaban al-Dalu, who was burned to death during the Israeli bombing of al-Aqsa Hospital a few days ago. Shortly afterwards, she was killed in an Israeli air strike that targeted her neighbourhood in Jabalia camp in northern Gaza.
https://artsislife.co.uk/artist/mahasen-al-khateeb-artist-who-depicted-war-in-gaza-killed-in-israeli-air-strike/