A Palestinian photojournalist was killed by an Israeli drone attack in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Tuesday as the IDF continues to violate the US-backed ceasefire deal.
Mahmoud Wadi, who was known for his drone photography, was killed while in an area outside of the Israeli-controlled side of the “yellow line,” medical sources told Turkey’s Anadolu Agency.
“I never expected to lose Mahmoud, who was not just my son but a friend, as he grew up in a photography studio,” Wadi’s father, Issam, told Anadolu. “Mahmoud was photographing in a safe area (not under Israeli control according to the ceasefire agreement), but the Israelis respect no pledges or promises; their entire life is treachery and deceit.”
The strike that killed Wadi also wounded Muhammad Abdel Fattah Aslih, another Palestinian journalist. Since Israel unleashed its genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip, it has killed more than 200 journalists in the Palestinian territory.
Medical sources at Gaza hospitals told the Palestinian news agency WAFA that since dawn on Tuesday, Israeli forces killed at least five people in the Strip. The agency reported that two people, including one child, were killed by Israeli shelling in Gaza City.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Monday that since the ceasefire was supposed to go into effect, the Israeli military has killed 356 Palestinians and wounded 909. If confirmed by the Health Ministry, which counts bodies that are brought to hospitals and morgues, the five deaths reported on Tuesday would bring the death toll to 361.
