Ismail al-Ghoul

Ismail al-Ghoul was a 27-year-old Palestinian journalist and Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent, born in the Shati refugee camp. He was one of the few reporters remaining in northern Gaza, which was almost entirely cut off. He had not seen his wife and baby daughter Zeina in 10 months — they were displaced to central Gaza while he stayed to keep reporting. In March 2024, he was captured during the IDF siege of Al-Shifa hospital, beaten, stripped, blindfolded, and detained for 12 hours before being released. He kept reporting. On 31 July 2024, he and cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed by an airstrike on their car while reporting on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Both were wearing press vests with clear media markings.