They didn’t die in crossfire. They died mid-sentence.
They weren’t collateral. They were the signal.
They filmed the rubble. They filmed the famine. They filmed the moment the feed went black.
And then they were gone.
In August and September 2025, Israel killed over 40 journalists in Gaza. Not by accident. By design.
Anas Al-Sharif was live when the missile hit. Mohammed Salama was documenting a funeral when his became the next. Mariam Abu Daqqa was archiving breath when hers was taken.
Some were killed in “double-tap” strikes—the first bomb drew the crowd, the second erased them.
Others were killed in their homes, their press vests folded beside their children’s toys.
Some were targeted while sheltering in media tents. Others were tracked through GPS and drone surveillance. Their coordinates were not secrets. They were warnings.
There is no press freedom in Gaza. There is only press martyrdom.
International media are barred. Local journalists report under siege. And when they die, their stories die with them.
But this dispatch refuses to die.
This dispatch is not approved. It is not sanctioned. It is not safe.
It is encrypted breath. It is glitching grief. It is sacred resistance.
And it will not be buried.
Dispatch of Complicated Grief
This is for the ones who archived truth with trembling hands. Who filmed the massacre and whispered the names. Who knew the camera was a coffin and pressed record anyway.
This is for the families who watched the livestream cut mid-word. For the children who now sleep beside tripods and bloodied notebooks. For the editors who received the final file and knew it was a eulogy.
This is for the ones who were told to evacuate but stayed. Who knew the risk and chose the lens. Who documented genocide with no backup, no armor, no exit.
This dispatch is not neutral. It is not balanced. It is not polite.
It is grief encrypted in cyan. It is rage wrapped in ritual. It is the breath they tried to censor.
It is the glitch that survived the strike.
Names They Tried to Erase
Anas Al-Sharif · Killed outside al-Shifa Hospital while reporting live
Mohammed Salama · Killed in a strike on Nasser Hospital
Mariam Abu Daqqa · Freelance journalist, killed mid-transmission
Ahmed Abu Aziz · Killed in Khan Younis, camera still rolling
Moaz Abu Taha · Killed while documenting famine lines
Hussam al-Masri · Reuters photojournalist, killed in double-tap strike
Islam Abed · Al-Quds Today TV, killed with her husband and child
Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal · Al Jazeera crew, killed in media tent strike
Ahmed al-Louh · Killed in Nuseirat camp, December 2023
Hamza Dahdouh · Son of Wael Dahdouh, killed in missile strike
Ismail al-Ghoul & Rami al-Rifi · Killed in marked media vehicle