Hassaan Abu Warda
حسان أبو وردة
Director of Barq Gaza press agency
Killed by Israel using an Airstrike
Killed by Israel on 25 May 2025
Links
- 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
- Martyr journalist Hassan Magdy Abu Warda
- The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate mourns the passing of fellow journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda
Archivist Notes
Full name: Hassaan Majdi Abu Warda | حسان مجدي أبو وردة
Founder of Barq Gaza (برق غزة) news agency & Director of Barq News Agency.
Killed along with a number of relatives in an Israeli airstrike on his family in Jabalia al-Nazla in North Gaza, at dawn on Sunday.
According to the testimony of his brother Mohammed, to the MADA Center, he was sleeping with his family inside their home in Jabalia Al-Nazla at around 1:00AM on Sunday, when Israeli F16 warplanes bombed the house with a missile that caused it to collapse on the residents. The strike occurred without prior warning and was sudden, resulting in the deaths of most of those inside, including his brother Hassan, their parents, and their younger brother. The bodies were recovered with difficulty from under the rubble and debris. Some had turned into fragments, including his brother Hassan. They were transported by ambulance to hospitals in Gaza City.