Logo for Stop Murdering Journalists: a shattered and bloddy press jacket in the style worn in Gaza

Stop Murdering Journalists

Israel murdered 260 journalists in 568 days

3 days since Israel murdered a journalist

Image of Bilal Abu Matar.

Bilal Abu Matar
بلال أبو مطر

Killed by Israel using an Airstrike

Killed by Israel on 15 Mar 2025

35 years old Media Worker

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Archivist Notes

Full name: Bilal Muhammad Khalil Abu Matar | بلال محمد خليل أبو مطر

• Bilal Abu Matar was video editor

• Killed in two successive airstrikes against a vehicle carrying a crew of journalists and aid workers who were documenting relief efforts led by the UK-based Al-Khair Foundation in Beit Lahia.

- Among the martyrs were Bilal Abu Matar, a journalist; Mohammed Al-Ghafir, a field worker; Mahmoud Al-Sarraj, a photographer; Bilal Akila, a photographer; Abu Hazem Sardah, a driver; Abu Suhaib Al-Najjar, a spokesman for the foundation; and two photographers, including our colleague Mahmoud Islim.