Hassan Hamad was killed in an assault on his dwelling in Jabalia camp, taking the whole variety of journalists killed to 175.
Israeli forces have killed Palestinian journalist Hassan Hamad in an air strike on his dwelling in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, days after the slain journalist mentioned he was warned by an Israeli officer to cease filming in Gaza.
With the killing of the 19-year-old journalist, whose work appeared on Al Jazeera and different networks, the variety of Palestinian journalists killed because the conflict started has risen to 175, based on Gaza’s Authorities Media Workplace. The Committee to Shield Journalists (CPJ) says not less than 128 journalists and media staff are among the many greater than 41,000 folks killed since Israel launched the devastating conflict on Gaza in October 2023.
Colleagues and the Authorities’s Media Workplace in Gaza confirmed Hamad’s loss of life, saying the journalist’s dwelling was intentionally attacked to silence him after he acquired threats.
“Hassan Hamad, the journalist who didn’t dwell previous the age of 20, resisted for a full 12 months in his personal means. He resisted by staying away from his household so that they wouldn’t be focused. He resisted when he struggled to seek out an web sign, sitting for an hour or two on the rooftop simply to ship the movies that attain you in seconds,” a put up on Hamad’s X account posted by his colleague mentioned.
“At 6am (03:00 GMT), he known as me to ship his final video. After a name that didn’t final quite a lot of seconds, he mentioned, ‘There they’re, there they’re, it’s accomplished,’ and hung up,” the colleague added.
Hamad had been documenting Israel’s conflict in Gaza for greater than a 12 months and labored as a contract TV reporter.
In line with Palestinian journalist Maha Hussaini, a couple of days earlier than Hamad’s loss of life, he had been threatened by an Israeli officer by a Whatsapp message and several other calls, ordering him to cease filming in Gaza.
“‘Hear, Should you proceed spreading lies about Israel, we’ll come for you subsequent and switch your loved ones into […] That is your final warning’…” Hussaini posted on X, sharing the message Hamad had acquired.
Hear, Should you proceed spreading lies about Israel, we’ll come for you subsequent and switch your loved ones into […] That is your final warning”.. Journalist Hassan Hamad acquired this message on WhatsApp, together with a number of calls from an Israeli officer ordering him to cease filming in… pic.twitter.com/q6SAzMj5xc
— Maha Hussaini (@MahaGaza) October 6, 2024
The Israeli authorities has not but commented on his loss of life.
“Each time a journalist is killed, injured, arrested, or compelled to go to exile, we lose fragments of the reality,” CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna mentioned in an announcement on Friday.
“These liable for these casualties face twin trials: one underneath worldwide regulation and one other earlier than historical past’s unforgiving gaze,” he added.
