Gaza (Quds News Network)- Maisara Salah, a journalist with Quds News Network, has been killed by Israeli forces in northern Gaza. Salah worked in the network’s editing and design department.
He was shot in the head and abdomen near Harithani School a few days ago, where he was covering the Israeli assault. The school had become a shelter for displaced families under dire humanitarian conditions.
After the attack, Salah was rushed to Kamal Adwan Hospital. Doctors determined he needed urgent surgeries. However, Israeli forces delayed his transfer to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital for eight hours. The delay caused his condition to worsen. Salah died in an ambulance before reaching Al-Shifa Hospital.
Quds News Network mourned Salah in a statement. It condemned his killing as a direct result of Israeli aggression. “The occupation is fully responsible for his death,” the network said. “He was killed twice: first by their bullets, then by their denial of his right to treatment.”
The network called on international organizations to protect Palestinian journalists. It urged action to stop crimes targeting media workers in conflict zones.
The Palestinian Media Forum also issued a statement. It condemned Israel’s attacks on journalists, noting Salah’s death adds to a rising toll. Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 192 journalists in Gaza.
The forum criticized the global silence on these violations. It called for urgent international intervention to protect journalists and ensure their right to report safely.
Salah’s death highlights the dangers faced by Palestinian journalists. Despite the risks, they continue their work to reveal the truth about the ongoing genocide.
Full text of the statement by Quds News Network
th deep sorrow and grief, Quds News Network mourns the loss of its colleague, journalist Maisara Salah, who was murdered after being critically wounded by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza. Salah was targeted during the ongoing Gaza war, where the occupation army continues to destroy infrastructure and take lives in countless brutal ways.
Salah was injured near Awni Al-Harthani School in northern Gaza after heavy Israeli shelling targeted the school, which was sheltering hundreds of displaced people. These civilians have been trapped for over two months under conditions of starvation and insecurity caused by the continuous military aggression.
Despite relentless efforts by medical teams at Kamal Adwan Hospital to save his life, the occupation state of Israel refused to allow his transfer to hospitals in Gaza City for essential treatment. On Saturday, November 30, 2024, after desperate attempts to move him to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital or Al-Shifa Hospital, Israeli forces obstructed his ambulance for eight hours. Salah passed away due to delayed treatment, and his transfer was only permitted after his death.
Quds News Network holds the Israeli occupation army fully responsible for the death of journalist Maisara Salah, who was killed twice: once by direct injury and again by being denied timely medical care.
The network calls on human rights and international organizations to launch an immediate and thorough investigation into the ongoing war crimes committed by the occupation state of Israel against Palestinian journalists. These crimes have, to date, claimed the lives of more than 190 journalists in blatant violation of all international laws and norms.
