Majed Kashko
ماجد كشكو

Killed by Israel on 30 Oct 2023

Archivist Notes

Full name: Majed Ahmad Kashko | ماجد أحمد كشكو

Majed Ahmad Kashko, 47 years old, from Gaza city was a Journalist at Palestine TV. He was killed on October 31, 2023 due to an
Israeli airstrike on his home with his family members in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement issued by the channel, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.

The official Palestine TV announced today, Tuesday, the martyrdom of two of its employees as a result of the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip for the 25th day. It indicated that the two journalists, Majed Kashko and Imad Al-Wahidi, were martyred along with a number of their families as a result of the bombing of their homes.

On the night of October 30, 2023, at least 72, and up to 175, people from the same large extended family, including a journalist, 16 women, and 38 children, were killed and at least four others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike, reportedly using a “one tonne” munition, on the Kashko family home located opposite the Salah al-Din mosque in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood of eastern Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. No public sources mentioned any military target that could have been the target of strike and Israeli officials did not publicly comment on this strike.

Around 9 pm local time on the day of the alleged incident, a Facebook account called “Salah al-Din” reported the incident and that 80 killed victims were buried under the rubble.

The identities of 78 victims who were killed and injured were reported on social media and many of them were matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health lists of fatalities. Where ages reported by sources differ from the age provided by the Ministry of Health, Airwars has provided a range. Ahmed Hashem Kashko (73-75) and his wife, Inayat Saleh Atiya Abu Zreina (43-45), were killed along with Ahmed’s son Majed Ahmed Hashem Kashko, a 48-year-old journalist for the Palestinian Authority-affiliated news channel Palestine TV. Majed’s wife, Sherihan Anwar Al-Ashi Kashko (38-39) was also killed alongside their sons Ahmed Majed Ahmed Kashko (18-20), Youssef Majed Ahmed Kashko (13) and Dhia Majed Ahmed Kashko (4 months – 1 year old), and their daughters Alaa Majed Ahmed Kashko (15-17), and Nour Majed Ahmed Kashko (15). Majed and Sherihan’s son Muhammad Majid Ahmed Kashko (17) was injured by shrapnel in his spine.

A second son of Ahmed Hashem Kashko named Raed Ahmed Hashem Kashko (44) was killed along with his wife Manal Al-Suwaisi Kashko (39), their daughters Shorouk Raed Ahmed Kashko (16-19), Taghreed Raed Ahmed Kashko (13-15), and Hala Raed Ahmed Kashko (8-9), and their sons Hossam Raed Ahmed Kashko (14-17), Muhammad Raed Ahmed Kashko (11-13), Haitham Raed Ahmed Kashko (8-10), Moatasem Raed Ahmed Kashko (5), Abdul Rahman Raed Kashko (3-6), and Fares Raed Ahmed Kashko (11). A sixth son of Raed and Manal named Ahmed Raed Ahmed Kashko (18) was injured in the alleged strike.

Another son of Ahmed Hashem Kashko, Hatem Ahmed Hashem Kashko (53) was “severely injured” according to at least one source, while his wife, Asmaa Kashko, their daughter Farah Hatem Ahmed Kashko (19) and their son Ahmed Hatem Ahmed Kashko (15) were killed. Hatem and Asmaa’s daughter Zeina Hatem Ahmed Kashko (10) was injured as well. Ahmed Hashem Kashko’s daughter-in-law, Taghreed Ismail Abd Rabbo Kashko (39-41) was killed along with her sons Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed Kashko (16-18), Ismail Muhammad Ahmed Kashko (14-17), and daughters Tamam Muhammad Ahmed Kashko (14-16), Malak Muhammad Ahmed Kashko (15-18) and Laila Muhammad Ahmed Kashko (12).

Another daughter-in-law of Ahmed Hashem Kashko named Nariman Mahfouz Hashem Kashko (32-34) was killed, as were her sons Ahmed Rami Ahmed Kashko (13), Raafat Rami Ahmed Kashko (11-12), Hashem Rami Ahmed Kashko (10-11) and daughters Ritaal Rami Ahmed Kashko (9) and Reem Rami Ahmed Kashko (8). Nariman was the wife of Rami Ahmed Kashko who was not killed in the incident. A significant number of the details about the family members killed in this incident come from posts made by Rami Ahmed on his Facebook page.

Ahmed Hashem Kashko’s brother, Mahfouz Hashem Kashko (58-60), and his wife Iman Fathi Muhammad Abu Safi (55-57), were killed along with their son Tamer Mahfouz Hashem Kashko (38-39), his wife Mai Mahmoud Hashem Kashko (36-37), and their twin sons Haitham Tamer Mahfouz Kashko (8) and Muhammad Tamer Mahfouz Kashko (8), who was also reported as injured by some sources. A second son of Mahfouz and Iman named Khaled Mahfouz Hashem Kashko (30) was killed, as was his wife Fatima Nahed Fathi Abu Safi (29-30), their son Haitham Khaled Mahfouz Kashko (4-6) and their daughter Iman Khaled Mahfouz Kashko (3-4). A third son of Mahfouz and Iman named Ihab Mahfouz Kashko (35) was killed along with his son, Bahaa Ihab Mahfouz Kashko (3). An infant boy named Dia Ihab Kashko, likely another son of Ihab, was also reported as killed in a post by family member Rami Ahmed.

Hammad Muhammad Musbah Kashko (62) and his wife Fatima Tawfiq Kashko (58) were killed in the alleged strike. Misbah Hammad Misbah Kashko (37) was also killed, along with his wife Nidaa Al-Zahar Kashko (36), their daughter Jana Misbah Hammad Kashko (12), and twin sons Muhammad Misbah Hammad Kashko (8-10) and Ahmed Mesbah Hamad Kashko (8-10).

Muhammad Attia Zayed Kashko (56-64) and his son, Moatasem Muhammad Atiya Kashko (29) were reportedly killed in the incident. Some sources refer to Muntaser Muhammed Attiya Kashko having been killed, along with his son (8) and daughter (5). Muhammad’s sister Naima Attia Zayed Kashko (64), her son Matar Ahmed Aliwa (42-44), his wife Madalala Ismail Aliwa (38), who was pregnant at the time of the incident, their sons Ahmed Matar Aliwa (18-20), Muhammad Matar Aliwa (12), and Adam Matar Aliwa (9-10) as well as an unnamed 7-year-old son. Matar and Madalala’s daughters Nima Matar Aliwa (16-18), Menna Allah Matar Aliwa (1), and Nessma Matar Aliwa (14) were killed as well.

Ahmed Mahmoud Hashem Kashko, also known as Abu Suhaib, (32) was killed along with his wife (26), their son Mahmoud Ahmed Mahmoud Kashko (4), and a second son (2) and a daughter named Mona Ahmed Mahmoud Kashko (2-3).

On the afternoon of October 31, Quds News reported that “[Israeli military] aircraft… targeted two houses in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, killing a number of Palestinians and wounding others” and that “local sources announced the martyrdom of Palestine TV journalists Majed Kashko and Imad al-Wahidi, in [Israeli military] air raids on northern Gaza, last night.” Airwars has assessed the incident that reportedly killed Imad al-Wahidi in incident ISPT0775c – which as of August 2024 was still being reviewed.

https://www.maannews.net/news/2104783.html

More info on https://airwars.org/civilian-casualties/ispt0775a-october-30-2023/

https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/article/majd-kashkou
https://www.unesco.org/sites/default/files/medias/fichiers/2024/10/4_journalists_gaza.pdf
https://www.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/83211