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

Stop Murdering Journalists

Israel murdered 281 journalists in 619 days

7 days since Israel murdered a journalist

Image of Bilal Al-Hatoum.

Bilal Al-Hatoum
بلال الحاطوم

Radio engineer at Sawt Al-Aqsa radio (106.7 FM)

Killed by Israel using an Airstrike

Killed by Israel on 23 May 2025

37 years old Anchor or Host

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Full name: Bilal Maher Al-Hatoum | بلال ماهر الحاطوم

He was journalist in the Broadcast Engineering Department at “Voice of Al-Aqsa Radio”, (36 or 37 years old)

Killed in an Israeli airstrike by an Israeli reconnaissance drone that targeted a group of people Al-Saftawi area, in North Gaza, on Friday afternoon after 2:00PM, according to the testimony the journalist’s father to the MADA Center. The strike led to his immediate death along with three other civilians. He was transported by ambulance to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.