Overview
- The Gaza Civil Defense identified the victims as Anas Ghneim, Mohammed Salah Qashta and Abdoul Raouf Shaath after a strike in al-Zahra, with their bodies transferred to the Martyrs of al-Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah.
- The Israeli military said it targeted suspects operating a drone it described as affiliated with Hamas and stated that details of the incident remain under review.
- A witness and the Egyptian relief committee said the men were using a drone to document an Egyptian-run aid distribution when a vehicle accompanying them was hit.
- AFP confirmed Shaath, 34, was an independent video journalist who had regularly worked with the agency since February 2024 and was not on assignment, and the agency called for a full, transparent probe.
- The killings occurred during a fragile ceasefire in place since October 10, with Gaza health authorities reporting nearly 470 Palestinian deaths since then and RSF citing dozens of journalists killed in Gaza over the prior year.