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October 7, 2024

Gaza Journalist Hassan Hamad Killed by Artillery Fire After Threats from Israeli Officer
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On Sunday, an Israeli artillery shell struck the home of 19-year-old
journalist Hassan Hamad in Jabaliya, killing him. In recent weeks Hamad
had received death threats via Whats App from an Israeli number; he also
received phone calls and text messages from an Israeli officer ordering
him to stop filming. Hassan Hamad is at least the 175th Palestinian
journalist killed in Gaza since last October. He's among at least 41,900
Palestinians killed over the past year in Gaza; another 97,000 have been
injured, according to Gaza's Health Ministry - though those figures are
certain to be a vast undercount.


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