Gaza Strip: Palestinian journalist Hassan Douhan, a correspondent for Al-Hayat Al-Jadida newspaper, was killed on Monday evening, August 25, after Israeli occupation forces opened fire on his tent in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.

This death brings the number of journalists killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli assault on October 7, 2023, to 273, according to an Al Jazeera tally. However, the Gaza Government Media Office reports a slightly lower figure, stating that the total stands at 245.

Douhan was the sixth Palestinian journalist killed on Monday, following a devastating Israeli airstrike earlier in the morning that targeted the emergency reception building at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.

The strike claimed the lives of at least 20 Palestinians, including five journalists:

• Hossam al-Masry (Reuters photographer)
• Mohammed Salama (Al Jazeera cameraman)
• Mariam Abu Daqqa (Independent Arabia and AP photographer)
• Moaz Abu Taha (NBC cameraman)
• Ahmed Abu Aziz (Quds Feed correspondent).

In his final post on Facebook, Douhan had paid tribute to the journalists killed earlier at Nasser Hospital, writing,

“The martyrs of righteousness and conveying the truth, the word and the picture,” he wrote of the slain journalists. “The martyrs of national duty and journalism. To the eternal heavens, moons of the homeland and professional colleagues.”

Human rights organisations and press unions have strongly condemned what they describe as the systematic targeting of journalists. In a statement, the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) denounced the killings as a “heinous crime” and accused Israel of deliberately seeking to “silence the Palestinian voice and obscure the truth.”

The Government Media Office renewed its call on the International Federation of Journalists, the Federation of Arab Journalists, and other global press organisations to intervene urgently. It urged the international community to hold Israel accountable before international courts and to take immediate measures to protect journalists in conflict zones.

As the war continues, the mounting toll underscores the grave dangers faced by journalists in Gaza, where reporting the truth has become increasingly life-threatening. International watchdogs have warned that the persistent targeting of media workers constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law and called for urgent protections for those working on the front lines.

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