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Hassan Hamad was killed in an assault on his residence within the Jabalia camp, bringing the overall variety of journalists killed to 175.
Israeli forces have killed Palestinian journalist Hassan Hamad in an airstrike on his residence within the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, days after the slain journalist mentioned he was warned by an Israeli officer to cease filming in Gaza.
The killing of the 19-year-old journalist, whose work appeared on Al Jazeera and different networks, raises the variety of Palestinian journalists killed because the begin of the battle to 175, based on Gaza’s Authorities Media Workplace. The Committee for Safety of Journalists (CPJ) says at the least 128 journalists and media employees are among the many greater than 41,000 individuals who have been killed since Israel started its devastating battle on Gaza in October 2023.
Colleagues and the federal government’s media workplace in Gaza confirmed Hamad’s loss of life and mentioned the journalist’s residence was intentionally attacked to silence him after he obtained threats.
“Hassan Hamad, the journalist who didn’t dwell previous the age of twenty, resisted in his personal means for a 12 months. He resisted by staying away from his household so they would not be focused. He resisted as he struggled to seek out an web sign, sitting on the roof for an hour or two sending the movies that reached you in seconds,” mentioned a message on Hamad’s X account, posted by his colleague .
“At 6am (03:00 GMT) he referred to as me to ship his final video. After a dialog that lasted no quite a lot of seconds, he mentioned, ‘There they’re, there they’re, it is carried out,’ and hung up,” the colleague added.
Hamad had been documenting the Israeli battle in Gaza for greater than a 12 months and labored as a contract TV reporter.
In accordance with Palestinian journalist Maha Hussaini, a couple of days earlier than Hamad’s loss of life, he was threatened by an Israeli officer through a WhatsApp message and a number of other telephone calls, ordering him to cease filming in Gaza.
“Hear, when you proceed to unfold lies about Israel, we’ll come after you subsequent and switch your loved ones into (…) That is your closing warning.” Hussaini posted on X and shared the message Hamad obtained.
Hear, when you proceed spreading lies about Israel, we’ll come after you subsequent and switch your loved ones into (…) That is your closing warning.” Journalist Hassan Hamad obtained this message on WhatsApp, together with a number of telephone calls from a Israeli officer orders 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 pressured into exile, we lose fragments of the reality,” CPJ program director Carlos Martinez de la Serna mentioned in a press release Friday.
“These liable for these victims face double trials: one beneath worldwide legislation and one earlier than the ruthless gaze of historical past,” he added.
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