Al Jazeera has confirmed that one of its journalists, Ahmed Wishah, was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza on Saturday. The attack targeted a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the broadcaster.
Wishah is among at least 260 Palestinian journalists killed since Israel's war on Gaza began in October 2023, as reported by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Al Jazeera strongly condemned the incident, calling it a flagrant violation of international law and a systematic policy of targeting journalists.
The Israeli military stated it carried out the strike, claiming Wishah was a Hamas terrorist, but did not immediately provide evidence. Wishah's brother Mohammed was killed in April by Israeli shelling, according to Palestinian civil defence authorities.
