Israel killed two Palestinian journalists in separate attacks in Gaza on Monday, bringing the total number of journalists killed in the Palestinian territory since October 2023 to 287.
Palestine Today correspondent Mohammad Mansour was killed in an air strike north of Khan Younis while Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Hussam Shabat was hit in his car in Salah al-Din Street in the north of the enclave.
“What we know is that Mohammad Mansour, a Palestinian journalist who works for the Palestine Today channel, was targeted in his house in southern Khan Younis alongside his wife and son. Just 30 minutes ago, we heard the horrific news coming from northern Gaza that Hossam Shabat, an Al Jazeera Mubasher reporter, was killed in an air strike on his car as he reported in northern Gaza,” said Tareq Abu Azzoum, Al Jazeera journalist reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza.
“Hossam, a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist, had been previously wounded in an Israeli attack, but he insisted on continuing news reporting in Gaza,” he added.
The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip said it condemned “in the strongest terms the targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation.”
