CAIRO: Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed four people on Wednesday, including an Al Jazeera journalist, local health authorities said and the Qatari television network reported.
The strike that killed Al Jazeera’s Muhammad Washah targeted a vehicle he and one other Palestinian, who was also killed, were driving along the coastal road in Gaza City, health authorities said.
In February 2024, at the height of Israel’s war in Gaza, the military accused Washah of being a member of Hamas’ military wing. It released photos that it said showed him operating weapons systems. It said it found the photos on a computer that it said troops had confiscated during a raid in Gaza.
At the time, Hamas and Al Jazeera denied that Washah had any affiliation with the group. Israel’s military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his killing. Al Jazeera, which also did not immediately respond to a request for comment, reported on its Arabic-language TV channel that he was killed in a drone strike.
The Hamas-run government media office in Gaza condemned Washah’s killing.
In a separate incident in Gaza, medics said an Israeli airstrike killed two people in the central Gaza Strip, without providing details. There was no immediate comment from Israel’s military on the incident.
Israeli fire has killed at least 700 people since the deal was struck. Israel says four soldiers have been killed by militants during the same period. Israel has previously killed Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank. In August 2025, Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif was killed along with four other colleagues in an Israeli airstrike.
