Ahmad Abu Al-Rous
أحمد أبو الروس

Killed by Israel on 15 Jan 2025

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• With tears, our correspondent reveals the will of his friend, the martyred journalist Ahmed Abu Al-Rous.
• Ahmed Hisham Zahdi Abu Al-Rus
• Ahmed Abu Al-Rous

Archivist Notes

Full name : Ahmed Hisham Zahdi Abu Al-Rous | أحمد هشام زهدي ابو الروس

• Killed in an Israeli drone strike on his car in the Nuseirat camp, central Gaza along with five people on January 15, 2025, days before a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza began.

• He worked as a reporter and photographer for the local Assulta Arrabaa (Fourth Estate) news agency.

• Ahmad was active in social projects.

• His father, Hisham Abu Al-Rous, told CPJ that: “At around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, a few days before the truce went into effect, Ahmed was driving his car with his twin brother Mohammed and three friends in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Of course, they did not pose any threat to the Israeli occupation, so an Israeli drone fired a single missile at them, killing all five.”

• Fourth Estate’s editor-in-chief, Youssef Rayyan, told CPJ: “Ahmed worked with us at the agency from June 1, 2023, until his martyrdom, and he was providing the agency with news and photos while he was recently at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.”

• Abu Al-Rous was buried in the Nuseirat camp on January 16, 2025.