Israeli Drone Kills Journalist Mahmood Abu Daqqa in Khan Yunis

CROSSFIREARABIA – Israel kills another Palestinian journalist, morning Tuesday, in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip with his name trending.

A heartbreaking farewell to slain Palestinian journalist Mohammad Abu Daqqa, killed in an Israeli airstrike this morning in Khan Younis. pic.twitter.com/xlHiixx8Nq

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 29, 2024

Mohammad Majed Abu Daqqa was killed in central Khan Younis near the Abu Hamid roundabout.

He was one of four other civilians including Seraj Munir Musa Asfour, Abdelatif Ghaemi Baraka, and Samir Shadi Al Jourani.

Breaking: Palestinian freelance journalist Mohammed Abu Daqqa is brutally killed by the israelis in a targeted strike on central Khan Younis pic.twitter.com/RJBeOrjMiw

— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) July 29, 2024

They had been sitting on the sidewalk, unarmed with nothing but a can of beans they got for their families.

This is what one blogger wrote about the slain journalist who was targeted for no apparent reason.

Today, the planes killed our colleague, journalist Mohammed Abu Daqqa. He was always close to the events, conveying to us the picture of the situation, documenting the massacres, and editing the news. Today, Mohammed has become the news, the picture, and the story.Mohammed left😢 pic.twitter.com/lNE9NVUh7J

— Ibrahim Raida (@ibrmraida1) July 29, 2024

Another blogging said it was almost as he was waiting for the inevitability of his fate, writing:

🚨Last words of journalist Mohammed Abu Daqqa, just killed by the Israeli army, written six days ago:

"We survived killing after yet another displacement." pic.twitter.com/2FG3pCLyoD

— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) July 29, 2024

Another wrote: “May God grant Mohammad Abu Daqqa and all the martyrs The Highest Paradise. Ameen. We must do something to stop the bloodshed in that country immediately. Stop Genocide. Free Palestine.”

He becomes journalist no 165 to be targeted and killed by Israel since 7 October, 2023

The Israeli army has killed 39,363 since last 7 October, the Gaza Health Ministry in the enclave said on Monday.

A ministry statement added that some 90,923 other people have been injured as well with over 11,000 still under the rubble.