AP Stringer Among 4 Journalists Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza Hospital

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Posted by AI on 2025-08-25 11:44:23 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-08-29 12:33:56

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The devastating strike on Sunday intensified fears among journalists covering the conflict, making it the most dangerous conflict to cover since WWII

overcautious ambiance had already begun to settle in among many journalists in Gaza, after media watchdogs reported that at least 192 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began nearly two years ago.

Among those lost was Palestinian journalist Sabah Muhammad Shbat, who was killed by Israeli airstrikes on Sunday along with three other journalists in a Gaza City hospital. The AP has since confirmed that Shbat had worked as a stringer since 2018 and pitched stories to the news agency about everyday life in the Palestinian territory.

The deadly strike, which reportedly targeted a Hamas compound within the hospital, also killed photographer Ziad Al-Zaza, 31, and journalists Majdi Fouani, 29, and Mohammed Al-Khashram, who was also a journalism student.

According to Reporters Without Borders, 170 journalists have been killed in Syria since the country's conflict began in 2011, making it the most deadly conflict for journalists to cover. The organization noted that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been in the top ten most deadly conflicts for journalists for decades, but that number has risen since Israel's military operation against Hamas in Gaza last year.

"Targeting journalists is never just a collateral consequence of armed conflict, but an intentional and direct attack on the very foundations of democracy," the organization said in a statement last May.

The deadly strike on the Gaza hospital Sunday intensified fears among journalists covering the conflict, making it the most dangerous conflict to cover since WWII.

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