Rabat – Many people in the international community are mourning the killing of Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafarawi, known by his nickname “Mr. Fafo.”
The journalist was reportedly shot dead by members of an armed militia while covering clashes in Gaza’s Sabra neighbourhood.
Al Jazeera quoted a senior source in Gaza’s Ministry of Interior, saying that the clashes were between an Israeli-backed armed militia and Hamas security forces.
Reports suggested that the armed men killed Aljafarawi with seven gunshots.
The killing of the journalist came just a few days after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Gaza’s government media office condemned the journalist’s killing, describing it as a “direct result of Israel’s policy of targeting Palestinian journalists through both air strikes and proxy militias.”
Many are using the journalist’s name as a hashtag, expressing condolences to his family and celebrating him as a martyr.
“Betrayed by traitors in a way the occupation never dared,” one X user wrote.
Another X user said Aljafarawi “predicted more tragedies despite the ceasefire. They murdered him.”
In a previous interview with Al Jazeera, Aljafarawi said the scenes and situations he witnessed during the genocidal war in Gaza “will not be erased from my memory.”
“Honestly, I lived in fear for every second, especially after hearing what the Israeli occupation was saying about me. I was living life second to second, not knowing what the next second would bring,” he said.Israel has killed at least 270 journalists and media workers since October 2023, making the Gaza genocide the deadliest conflict for media personnel in history, according to the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs’ “Costs of War” project.
