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
Links
- PJPC statement
- MADA: Extensive and Grave Violations of Media Freedoms During the Month of May, the Most Serious of Which Was the Killing of Fifteen (15) Journalists
Archivist Notes
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.