Salam Khalil Mayma
سلام خليل ميمة
Independant journalist and Head of the Women Journalists Committee in the Palestinian Media Gathering
Killed by Israel using an Airstrike
Killed by Israel on 10 Oct 2023
Links
- Airwars assessment incident ISPT0077
- A journalist and her family were killed in an Israeli bombing of her home in the northern Gaza Strip
- Palestine: Israeli Airstrike Kills Journalist Salam Mema
- MENA Report 2024 of Women Journalists Without Chains
- Publication de Palestinian Journalists Syndicate - PJS
- A doctor, tailor, and bride-to-be: Stories of those killed in Gaza
Archivist Notes
Full Name: Salam Khalil Mohammed Mima
She was killed along with her husband and three children in an Israeli airstrike on her home on their home in Al Na’ja, situated in the eastern area of Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza, on October 10th 2023. Their bodies were recovered from the rubble three days later: her husband Muhammad al-Masry, their two sons Hadi al-Masry (7 years old) and Ali al-Masry (five years old), and their daughter Sham al-Masry (2 years old).
The death of Salam Mayma, a freelance journalist, was confirmed on this date. Mayma held the position of head of the Women Journalists Committee at the Palestinian Media Assembly, an organization committed to advancing media work for Palestinian journalists. Her body was recovered from the rubble three days after her home in the Jabalia refugee camp, situated in the northern Gaza Strip, was hit by an Israeli airstrike on October 10, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate and the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa.
According to the news sources, Mema was first reported dead in the initial airstrike on October 10, 2023. There were reports of her being pulled out from the rubble on October 13, but she was later pronounced dead on October 13, 2023.