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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

Murdered at Home 4 Family Members Killed in Same Attack 33 years old General Journalist

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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.