Yousef Hamad Al-Nakhala
يوسف حماد النخالة
Satellite broadcast engineer at the National Media Company
Killed by Israel using an Airstrike
Killed by Israel on 31 May 2025
Links
- Palestinian Journalist Protection Center statement
- MADA: Extensive and Grave Violations of Media Freedoms During the Month of May, the Most Serious of Which Was the Killing of Fifteen (15) Journalists
Archivist Notes
Yousef al-Nakhala (28 years old), was a satellite broadcast engineer at the National Media Company,
He was killed on the evening of Saturday, May 31? 2025, when an Israeli airstrike targeted his home in the Al-Nafaq area of Gaza City. According to journalist Mohammed Qreiqa, a reporter for Al Jazeera, in a statement to the MADA Center, Israeli F-16 warplanes bombed his home at approximately 6:00PM in the Al-Nafaq area, north of Gaza City. The bombing led to the complete destruction of the house, reducing it to rubble and resulting in his death. The strike came suddenly and without warning, leaving him with no chance to evacuate. His body remained trapped under the debris, as civil defense rescue teams were unable to retrieve it due to the extensive destruction and their limited resources.
He was killed after a long and exhausting workday. He had been on duty at the National Media Company, which provides broadcast services to Al Jazeera and other news outlets during live coverage. He was responsible for directing live transmissions, managing satellite uplinks and frequencies, and had been continuing the work of former engineer Rami Al-Rifi, who himself was killed along with Isamïl Al-Ghoul in an airstrike in Gaza on July 31, 2024, while reporting from northern Gaza.