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Israeli Attack Kills Al Jazeera Journalist in Gaza - News From Antiwar.com

Al Jazeera said Mohammad Weshah was killed in a drone strike as Israel again alleged Hamas ties without immediately providing evidence.

  • On Wednesday, an Israeli drone strike in Gaza City killed Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Mohammed Wishah and one other Palestinian while they drove along the coastal road, local health authorities confirmed.
  • In February 2024, the Israel Defense Forces alleged Wishah was a Hamas militant, releasing photos they claimed showed him operating weapons systems; Al Jazeera and Hamas denied the allegations.
  • Data from the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate indicates the IDF has killed 260 Palestinian journalists and wounded 550 since October 7, 2023; the Committee to Protect Journalists documented 223 total media worker deaths.
  • Condemning the killing, the Hamas-run government media office issued a statement, while the IDF did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the incident.
  • Violations of the October ceasefire agreement persist as both sides clash, with Gaza's Health Ministry reporting at least 736 Palestinians killed and 2,035 wounded since the deal was signed.
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Gaza, Palestinian Territories. The Al Jazeera network condemned on Wednesday the death of one of its reporters in an Israeli bombing of Gaza and claimed that it was “a deliberate and selective crime aimed at intimidating journalists.” Earlier, the Qatari television station reported that journalist Mohammed Wishah died on Wednesday in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli drone reached his car. “The Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns the heinous c…

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According to the Qatari news channel Al-Jasira, one of his employees was killed in an Israeli drone attack in the Gaza Strip. Mohammed Waskeha, a journalist working for the station, had been killed when an Israeli drone attack hit his car in the city of Gaza on Wednesday, the station reported.At first, the Israeli army did not comment on the attack.Al-Jasira condemned the attack as a "predictive and targeted crime."It was a targeted act, "which …

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A "deliberate and targeted crime", according to Al Jazeera. Mohammed Washah, a journalist from the Arab-language service of the Qatari channel, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday, 8 April, in an Israeli drone strike.

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Israeli strike kills Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza

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Al-Monitor broke the news in Washington, United States on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
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