Iyad Matar
إياد مطر

Killed by Israel on 2 Nov 2023

Archivist Notes

Iyad Matar, 47 years old, from Gaza city was Journalist or a Administrative staff at Al-Aqsa TV. He and his mother were
killed on November 2, 2023 due to an Israeli airstrike on their family home in the centrally-located Deir Al Balah Governorate of the Gaza Strip.

The alleged Israeli bombing of their home was reported by a number of news sources and social media posts. Photos shared by Twitter/X user @livequds showed a number of journalists carrying the covered body of Iyad Matar with one at the front carrying a bloodied press vest.

In a Facebook post from Journalist Salim Salim reporting the death of their colleague Iyad, a photo was shared of a damaged press hat and vest lying atop of a wrapped body.

The death of Iyad and his mother was reported in English news by Roya News, a Jordanian news outlet, and shared by a number of users on Twitter/X,

According to the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms, Iyad Matar was the 33rd journalist to be killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of conflict on October 7th 2023. Reports provided conflicting information on this, as a source from Roya News claimed that Iyad was the 39th journalist and media professional to die as a result of the ongoing Israeli operation on the Gaza Strip.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli Military.

Iyad was matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities released on July 24 2024.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Iyad Tayeh Jamil Matar الصحفي إياد تايه جميل مطر
48 years old

Iyad's mother (Unnamed)


Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the Deir al-Balah governorate (محافظة دير البلح), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.420319, 34.370157. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

https://airwars.org/civilian-casualties/ispt0825-november-2-2023-2/
https://cpj.org/data/people/iyad-matar/
https://royanews.tv/news/312560
https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/article/iyad-matar