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Stop Murdering Journalists

Israel murdered 327 journalists in 755 days

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Image of Osama Baalousha.

Osama Baalousha
أسامة بعلوشة

Photojournalist for Siraj Media Network

Killed by Israel using an Airstrike

Killed by Israel on 8 Sep 2025

Murdered at Home 5 Family Members Killed in Same Attack 29 years old Photographer or Videographer

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Full name: Osama Ahmed Baalousha | أسامة أحمد بعلوشة

Killed along with his father, mother and three sisters in a pre-dawn Israeli airstrike on the family's home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest Gaza City.

Balousha was a graduate of Al-Aqsa University’s Faculty of Journalism and Media.

"According to Siraj Media Network, Osama worked with our network as a photographer before and after the beginning of the war. He was among the few who stayed in Gaza City and refused to evacuate to central or southern Gaza. He documented the bombings, the famine, and the suffering,”