Hassan Hamad was killed in an assault on his residence in Jabalia camp, taking the entire variety of journalists killed to 175.
Israeli forces have killed Palestinian journalist Hassan Hamad in an air strike on his residence 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 battle started has risen to 175, in accordance with Gaza’s Authorities Media Workplace. The Committee to Defend Journalists (CPJ) says not less than 128 journalists and media employees are among the many greater than 41,000 individuals killed since Israel launched the devastating battle on Gaza in October 2023.
Colleagues and the Authorities’s Media Workplace in Gaza confirmed Hamad’s dying, saying 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 20, resisted for a full yr in his personal means. He resisted by staying away from his household in order 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 publish on Hamad’s X account posted by his colleague mentioned.
“At 6am (03:00 GMT), he referred to 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 carried out,’ and hung up,” the colleague added.
Hamad had been documenting Israel’s battle in Gaza for greater than a yr and labored as a contract TV reporter.
Based on Palestinian journalist Maha Hussaini, a number of days earlier than Hamad’s dying, he had been threatened by an Israeli officer via a Whatsapp message and several other calls, ordering him to cease filming in Gaza.
“‘Pay attention, In case 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 obtained.
Pay attention, In case 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 obtained 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 dying.
“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 a press release on Friday.
“These accountable for these casualties face twin trials: one underneath worldwide regulation and one other earlier than historical past’s unforgiving gaze,” he added.