‘Kind, principled’: Palestinian journalists remember slain Gaza journalist
Key takeaways
- Ahmed Wishah is the 12th Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023.
- Ahmed in his mid-20s is the 12th Al Jazeera journalist to have been killed by Israel in Gaza, which has become the deadliest place for journalists in the world.
- Ahmed, who worked as a cameraman for Al Jazeera Mubasher channel, was killed when an Israeli air attack hit a house.
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Ahmed Wishah is the 12th Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Martyr Ahmed Washah, cameraman for Al Jazeera Mubasher/Live [File:Al Jazeera Arabic]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 21 Jun 202621 Jun 2026Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Wishah was killed on Saturday in Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp weeks after his brother Mohammed Wishah, who also worked for the Doha-based Network, was killed in a deliberate Israeli shelling on his car.
Ahmed in his mid-20s is the 12th Al Jazeera journalist to have been killed by Israel in Gaza, which has become the deadliest place for journalists in the world. At least 260 Palestinian journalists have been killed since Israel launched war in October 2023, according to the Committee to Protect journalists.