Journalist Islam Abed killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

GAZA, Sept. 01 (YPA) -Journalist Islam Muhareb Abed, a correspondent for Al-Quds Today satellite channel, was confirmed killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting her home in Gaza City, which also claimed the lives of her husband and children.

With the martyrdom of Islam Abed, the number of journalists killed in Gaza has now reached 247 since the start of Israel’s war on October 7, 2023, according to Government Media Office  (GMO).

GMO strongly condemned the deliberate targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation forces, describing it as systematic.

It also called on the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all press bodies around the world to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip.

@E.Y.M