Helmi Al-Faqawi, journalist for Palestine Today news agency, killed in Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis city
One more Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip early Monday, taking the death toll since October 2023 to 210, local authorities said.
Gaza’s government media office identified the slain journalist as Helmi Al-Faqawi, a reporter for Palestine Today news agency, in the strike that targeted a tent for journalists near Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.
One civilian was killed and nine journalists were also injured in the same attack.
“We appeal to the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all press organizations worldwide to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza,” the media office said.
The Israeli army renewed a deadly assault on Gaza on March 18 and has since killed more than 1,300 people, injured 3,200 others, and shattered a January ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement in the enclave.
