Ahmad Al-Shayyah
أحمد الشياح

Killed by Israel on 15 Jan 2025

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Archivist Notes

Killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a food distribution point (a soup kitchen) in the so-called "humanitarian zone" in Mawasi Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to his brother, Mohammed, his family’s displacement tent was near the food distribution area but they didn’t expect the bombs would be aimed at the area “since it is a known place and provides humanitarian services to the displaced.”.

Ahmed Al-Shayah, a Palestinian freelance journalist specializing in producing documentary films and television programs in Gaza, was also Broadcast Reporter, Editor, Internet Reporter & Producer. He contributed to Al Jazeera and Quds Press Agency.

As investigative action, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reached out to the Israel Defense Forces’ North America Media Desk to ask whether they were aware that civilians and journalists were present in the area they bombed, and whether Al Shayyah was targeted for his journalistic work. As usual, CPJ did not receive a response at the time of reporting. CPJ chose thus the "dangerous assignment" cause of death, even if CPJ noted that Mohammed Al Shayyah said his brother, Ahmed, was in a food distribution area “in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, the Israeli warplanes directly targeted it, which resulted in his direct martyrdom."