What to know about journalists killed in Gaza

Five Palestinian journalists who worked for international news organizations were killed in the Gaza Strip on Monday, along with several others, in what local officials said was an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.

Several more people were also killed in the strike, according to officials from the Gaza Health Ministry.

Israel said it had carried out a strike in the area of the hospital, but did not identify the target.

” At least 192 journalists have been killed since the start of the war, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

These are the journalists who were killed on Monday:

Mariam Dagga

A 33-year-old visual journalist, Dagga was a freelancer for The Associated Press and other news outlets. Dagga’s son had been evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war, the news agency said in a story.

Jon Gambrell, a regional news director for the AP, said on social media that Dagga had freelanced for the organization since the start of the war in October 2023.

The news organization said in a statement that Dagga had regularly based herself at the hospital.
It said that this month she had reported on starving and malnourished children in Gaza. Independent Arabia, the Arabic-language version of the Independent newspaper in Britain, said in a post on social media that Dagga had been a photographer for the organization and posted photographs of her wearing a flak jacket with the word “PRESS” on it.

The AP said that it was “shocked and saddened” by her death. “We are doing everything we can to keep our journalists in Gaza safe as they continue to provide crucial eyewitness reporting in difficult and dangerous conditions,” it said.

Hussam al-Masri

Reuters announced the death of al-Masri, a cameraman, in a statement and said that another one of its contractors, Hatem Khaled, had also been wounded in Israeli strikes on the hospital. A Reuters story said that Khaled was a photographer.

“We are urgently seeking more information and have asked authorities in Gaza to help us get urgent medical assistance for Hatem,” Reuters said. Reuters did not immediately respond to a request for biographical information about the two men.

Mohammad Salama

Al Jazeera said that Salama, a cameraman, was the 10th journalist for the network to have been killed since the start of the war. In a statement, Al Jazeera, which is based in Qatar, condemned the killing and said that Israeli forces had “targeted and assassinated journalists as part of a systematic campaign.”

Middle East Eye, a London-based online news outlet, said on social media that Salama had worked for it since the start of the conflict.

This month, Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera journalist and one of the most prominent correspondents working in Gaza, was killed along with three other journalists for the network in an Israeli strike on the tent where they worked in Gaza City. In all, five journalists died in that attack.

Ahmed Abu Aziz

Abu Aziz, a freelance journalist in Khan Younis, had contributed to dozens of reports for Middle East Eye since the start of the conflict, according to a story by the outlet, which said he worked despite a serious back injury that had gone untreated.

Both Abu Aziz and Salama were “exceptional journalists” who worked in “near-impossible conditions,” said Middle East Eye’s editor-in-chief, David Hearst, according to a story by the outlet. Hearst did not immediately respond to an email requesting further comment.

Moaz Abu Taha

Reuters said in a statement that Abu Taha was a freelance journalist whose work had been occasionally published by the agency. Further details on Abu Taha were not immediately available.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.