Israeli Airstrike Kills Journalist, Bringing Yearly Total To 15

Courtesy: Drop Site News

MAP condemns the killing of another journalist in Gaza. Reporter Yahya Sobeih was killed by an Israeli airstrike which claimed the lives of over 25 people in Gaza city. He was in the Al-Wahda street market when the strike hit at peak hours, creating carnage in the area. Sobeih was reporting on a bomb strike to a nearby restaurant, when he was made a casualty of a second strike.

The death of Sobeih is particularly heartbreaking, as he had welcomed nis newborn daughter to the world just hours before being killed. He posted a photo of her on Instagram, writing “Our world has been brightened up by a little princess.”

According to data from the Committee to Protect Journalists, Israel has killed 15 of the 19 journalists who have died globally in 2025. According to data from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Israel has killed almost 200 journalists total in the past eighteen months and 44 of those deaths were deemed to be due to the nature of their work.

RSF Director general Thibaut Bruttin said “Enough! Words fail to convey the endless nightmare faced by journalists in Gaza. Yahya Sobeih was torn from his profession and his family by a bomb from the Israeli armed forces. His name now joins the list of almost 200 journalists killed in Gaza over the past 18 months. The impunity for crimes committed against these reporters cannot be tolerated, yet the international community continues to fail each day to force Israel to protect Palestinian journalists.”