Gaza: Colleagues Mourn the Loss of Journalist Hassan Eslaih Killed in Israeli Attack

Editing TeamMay 13, 2025Last Updated: May 13, 2025

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslaih was deliberately targeted and killed in an Israeli attack while receiving treatment at a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday morning. Eslaih had previously survived an Israeli strike on a media tent, but sustained severe injuries.

Eslaih was killed in an Israeli air raid on the burns department at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.

Eslaih was wounded last month in an Israeli attack on a media tent outside the same hospital. Eslaih survived, but suffered severe injuries, including burns, and lost two fingers. At least three journalists were also killed in that attack.

Following Tuesday’s assault, the Israeli military said it “carried out a targeted attack” in “the area of ​​the Nasser Hospital” where it claimed Hamas was “operating a command and control complex”. It did not offer any evidence to back the claim.

Incitement Campaign

Eslaih was the target of a months-long incitement campaign which started with Israeli media and online platforms. They accused him of ties to Hamas. One claim cited a photo with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Another alleged he carried a grenade on October 7, a claim unsupported by any visual evidence. Accounts linked to the Palestinian Authorities also took part in the Israeli campaign.

Digital rights group Sada Social documented the incitement. Researcher Ibrahim Al-Hajj noted that these claims—though unproven—led major news outlets like CNN and AP to cut ties with Eslaih.

Following the incitement campaign, Eslaih, whose house had been already bombarded, received waves of death threats online. Israeli users told him to hide. A former soldier from the extremist Netzah Yehuda battalion even wrote, “The missile is on its way to your head.”

The digital incitement created a climate that justified his targeting.

Condemnations: Esliah Was Assassinated

The Government Media Office in Gaza has confirmed the death of Eslaih and said it condemns “in the strongest terms the systematic targeting, killing and assassination of Palestinian journalists” by Israeli forces.

It said that Eslaih was “assassinated” as he was receiving treatment at the Nasser Medical Complex, and that his killing has raised the death toll among journalists since the war began to 215.

“We hold the Israeli occupation, the US administration, and the countries participating in the crime of genocide, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, fully responsible for committing this heinous, brutal crime,” it added.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli attack on the hospital killed two, including Eslaih and wounded patients and medical staff.

“The repeated targeting of hospitals and the pursuit and killing of wounded patients inside treatment rooms confirms the occupation forces’ deliberate intent to inflict greater damage to the health care system and threaten the treatment of the wounded and sick, even on hospital beds,” it added.

The Palestinian Journalist Protection Center (PJPC) also slammed the “heinous assassination” Eslaih and called for an immediate international investigation into this crime, as well as into the growing number of violations against Palestinian journalists since the start of the Israeli assault on Gaza.

Grief: ‘They Killed You Because Your Voice Was Too Loud’

Colleagues took to social media to express their sorrow and mourn the loss of their fellow journalist.

Editing TeamMay 13, 2025Last Updated: May 13, 2025

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