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The Israeli military is escalating its assault and besiegement on Jabalia–a town in northern Gaza.
Since October 6th, Israel’s mission in Gaza has been to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the north. At least 770 have been killed and 1,000 injured since the assault began on October 6th, with countless corpses remaining under the rubble, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza.
Ahmad Wuhidi, who had been displaced more than five times before he evacuated Gaza, covered the war against Palestinians for five months.
He was at Al Shifa Hospital when the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacked what was supposed to be a safe zone on Nov. 16. The medical complex, located in central Gaza, was the territory’s biggest, housing tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians at the time.
Palestine in America interviewed Mhawish from Cairo, where he detailed his experience reporting from the north of Gaza, the dangers of wearing a press vest in Palestine and his eventual evacuation. You can listen to the full interview on YouTube and Spotify.
Lama Abu Jamous is a child reporter who gained notoriety when she began covering the war after her home was bombed and her family displaced. She famously interview Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Al Dahdouh during the first months of the bombardment.
Hind Khoudary is still alive and reporting from Gaza. She is currently reporting for Al Jazeera English and produces content for the World Food Program. Despite the dangers, Khoudary has decided to stay and do her job from within the Gaza strip.
Salam Mema, a 32-year-old freelance Palestinian journalist and head of the Women Journalists Committee at the Palestinian Media Assembly, was killed after sustaining injuries when her home in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, was hit by an Israeli airstrike.
Lama Abu Jamous is a child reporter who gained notoriety when she began covering the war after her home was bombed and her family displaced. She famously interview Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Al Dahdouh during the first months of the bombardment.
Hind Khoudary is still alive and reporting from Gaza. She is currently reporting for Al Jazeera English and produces content for the World Food Program. Despite the dangers, Khoudary has decided to stay and do her job from within the Gaza strip.
Salam Mema, a 32-year-old freelance Palestinian journalist and head of the Women Journalists Committee at the Palestinian Media Assembly, was killed after sustaining injuries when her home in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, was hit by an Israeli airstrike.
A journalist and correspondent for the Palestinian Authority-funded broadcaster Palestine TV, Mohammed Abu Hatab was killed along with 11 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.
Mohamed Al Jaja was a media worker and the organizational development consultant at Press House-Palestine, which owns Sawa news agency in Gaza and promotes press freedom and independent media.
He was killed in a strike on his home along with his wife and two daughters in the Al-Naser neighborhood in northern Gaza.
Last November, Mohamed Abu Hassira was killed by an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza along with 42 of his family members. Abu Hassira worked for Wafa–The Palestinian Authority-run news agency.
Ayat Khadoura, a freelance journalist and podcaster, was killed last November by an Israeli airstrike on her home. Khadoura was covering the war from her town in Beit Lahya when she recorder the now viral video of her final message titled, “my last message to the world.”
Zaki Haj has been pitching for the Palestinian national baseball team since 2021 and has thrown as fast as 91 miles per hour. Haj, whose lineage traces back to Beitunia (a village near Ramallah), notched three strikeouts in three innings on the mound during the West Asia Cup. He most recently pitched for Florida National University.
Tarik El-Abour is the first and only Palestinian to be signed by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team. Back in 2018, with the help of team advisor Reggie Jackson, El-Abour was signed by the Kansas City Royals to a minor league deal with the opportunity to earn a spot on the major league roster. He is currently a free agent and has been staying in shape by training daily and playing for the Palestinian national team.
Adam Musa is an outfielder and pitcher for the Palestinian national baseball team. Musa pitched seven solid innings for Team Palestine during the West Asia Cup. The team had a small pitching staff, so his performance was a huge stress reliever. He struck out 10 batters and only gave up one hit as he pitched half the team’s innings during the group stage and semi finals.