Hassan Hamad, 19, was killed by Israeli forces at his home in the Jabalia refugee camp on Oct. 6, 2024. (Taken from X)
The Israeli army killed a Palestinian journalist on Sunday, just months after he received threatening messages instructing him to stop filming Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Nineteen-year-old Hassan Hamad died when his home in the Jabalia refugee camp was hit by artillery fire. The Israeli army sent tanks and troops into the camp, located in northern Gaza, late Saturday after a night of intense airstrikes. This marked the third ground attack by the military on Jabalia since the start of the Gaza war a year ago.
Hassan Hamad was reporting on the new Israeli incursion just moments before he was killed. A colleague with access to his account on X stated that Hamad had sent videos of the assault late into the night. In their last phone call at 6 a.m. (local time), Hamad said, “They are here. They are here. It’s over.”
A few months before his death, Hamad shared with his colleagues a screenshot of a threatening WhatsApp message he received from an Israeli number. The message read: “Listen… If you continue to spread lies about Israel, we will come after you next and turn your family into… This is your last warning.”
Another Palestinian journalist, Wafa Aludaini, was killed earlier this week in the center of the enclave. According to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), she is the 129th Palestinian journalist and media worker to be killed in Gaza since the start of the war. Five have also been killed in Lebanon since Oct. 8.