Photojournalist Mohammad Wadi killed in Gaza strike
Drone attack in central Gaza kills Wadi as journalists warn media workers remain unsafe despite October ceasefire
GAZA CITY, Palestine (MNTV) — Palestinian photojournalist Mohammad Wadi was killed in a fresh Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, according to local reports.
He died alongside two other individuals after an Israeli drone targeted an area east of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, a zone currently under Israeli military control.
Witnesses said Wadi was documenting conditions on the ground when the drone hit, killing him instantly.
Journalist Mohammed Abdel Fattah Aslih, brother of the late reporter Hassan Aslih who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital’s emergency ward in May, was injured in the same attack.
In two additional incidents, one Palestinian was killed by an Israeli drone in central Khan Younis, and another was fatally shot in the Zeitoun neighborhood on Gaza City’s southeastern edge.
Unverified accounts suggest Wadi had been a well-known wedding photographer from Khan Younis before shifting to conflict reporting after his Quds Studio was destroyed in an earlier Israeli bombardment. He is the second media worker reported killed since the ceasefire announced in October.
The first was journalist and social media figure Saleh Al-Jafarawi, whose frontline reporting made him widely known during the conflict.
He was shot dead in October during clashes between Hamas and an armed group from the Doghmush clan in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood.
Journalists across Gaza have been warning online that working conditions remain perilous despite the ceasefire.
Figures from Gaza’s Government Media Office allege Israel carried out at least 591 ceasefire violations between October 10 and November 29 through airstrikes, artillery fire, and targeted shootings. These incidents reportedly killed 356 Palestinians and injured 909.
Amnesty International stated in November that, even after the release of surviving Israeli hostages and the declaration of a ceasefire, Israeli forces were continuing to impose conditions “calculated to bring about [Palestinians’] physical destruction,” asserting that no change in intent had been signaled.
At a UN Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East held Monday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated that civilians and civilian infrastructure cannot be targeted under the laws of war, adding that journalists must be allowed to work freely and safely.
He also criticized the ongoing ban preventing international media access to Gaza.
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