Palestinian journalist Ahmad Mansour dies of his critical wounds in Gaza’s European Hospital, on April 8, 2025.
A Palestinian journalist has succumbed to severe injuries and burns he sustained after an Israeli attack targeted a tent sheltering journalists near the Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, amid the unrelenting genocidal war on the besieged coastal territory.
Palestinian media outlets reported that Ahmad Mansour, a father and a journalist for Palestine Today news agency, died of his critical wounds at the European Hospital early on Tuesday.
Wael Abo Omar, a Palestinian journalist in the blockaded territory, wrote earlier in a post published on X social media platform that Israeli missiles had "burned colleague Ahmad Mansour" who was "suffering from severe burns" as a result of the targeting of the tent where he was sitting in the journalists' camp at the Nasser Hospital."
Mahmoud Bassam, another photojournalist based in Gaza, also said Mansour needed “a miracle” to recover from the severe burns.
This came a day after Gaza’s government media office announced that Helmi al-Faqawi, also a reporter for Palestine Today news agency, had been killed in the Israeli strike that targeted a tent for journalists near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.
“We appeal to the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all press organizations worldwide to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza,” the media office said.
Earlier this month, Hamas issued a strong denunciation of the intentional targeting of Palestinian journalists by Israeli forces, characterizing it as a blatant breach of international and humanitarian law.
The resistance group asserted that the murder of journalists is a component of the larger genocidal campaign conducted by Israeli forces against the Palestinian population in Gaza.
The resistance group asserted that the murder of journalists is a component of the larger genocidal campaign conducted by Israeli forces against the Palestinian population in Gaza.
The movement highlighted that the deaths of over 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza — many of whom were killed alongside their families and children — due to Israeli airstrikes, shelling, and gunfire, demonstrate the occupying regime's intentional and vengeful attempt to suppress the media and discourage journalists from revealing the realities of the situation in the area.
“These unprecedented crimes against journalists in the history of modern conflicts require urgent action,” Hamas said, calling on the international community, the United Nations, and its judicial bodies to intervene and hold the Israeli leadership accountable.
It also called upon international media organizations and press freedom institutions to condemn these acts and to ramp up initiatives aimed at boycotting and isolating Israel due to its ongoing attacks on journalists and media personnel.
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