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Stop Murdering Journalists

Israel murdered 291 journalists in 636 days

3 days since Israel murdered a journalist

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Hanan Aqeilan
حنان عقيلان

Killed by Israel using an Airstrike

Killed by Israel on 26 Jun 2025

Murdered at Home 7 Family Members Killed in Same Attack 32 years old

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Full name: Hanan Muhammad D'eis Aqeilan | حنان محمد ادعيس عقيلان

Killed in an Israeli airstrike on her family home in Al-Shati camp, western Gaza City, along with brother Ahmad, his children Muhammad (5), Aya (6) and Yasmina (2), her brother Alaa, and her two nieces Dima (10) and Afnan (7) from another brother, Akram, who was killed a year prior.

Hanan was a graduate of media studies at the University College of Applied Sciences, and worked as a filmmaker and storyteller for the Gaza Municipality's Prosthetics Center.