An Israeli attack in Gaza on Wednesday killed an Al Jazeera reporter, adding to the massive number of journalists the IDF has killed in Gaza and elsewhere in the region since the start of its genocidal campaign in the Palestinian territory.
Mohammed Wishah, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, was hit by an Israeli drone strike while driving his car in an area west of Gaza City. Photos and videos of the aftermath show the vehicle in flames.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said after Wishah’s death that the IDF has killed 260 Palestinian journalists and wounded 550 since October 7, 2023. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 129 members of the press were killed around the world in 2025, and the state of Israel was responsible for two-thirds of the deaths.
The IDF has a unit that is dedicated to justifying the killing of journalists by attempting to link them to Hamas, and the IDF has previously accused Wishah of being a Hamas fighter, an allegation denied by Al Jazeera.
Sources told Reuters that another Palestinian was in the vehicle with Wishah and was also killed. Two other people were killed by IDF attacks in Gaza when an Israeli aircraft struck a group of civilians in Gaza City, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Israel has been constantly violating the so-called ceasefire deal it signed back in October, killing at least 736 Palestinians and wounding 2,035, according to the latest numbers from Gaza’s Health Ministry.
