Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi shot dead in Gaza City clashes

Sources accidental the 28-year-old was killed by members of an Israel-linked ‘militia’ warring Hamas successful the Sabra neighbourhood.

Palestinian writer Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed during clashes successful Gaza City, conscionable days aft Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire statement successful the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian sources told Al Jazeera Arabic that the 28-year-old, who had gained prominence for his videos covering the war, was changeable and killed by members of an “armed militia” portion covering clashes successful the city’s Sabra neighbourhood.

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Al Jazeera’s Sanad bureau verified footage published by reporters and activists showing his assemblage – successful a “press” flak overgarment – connected what appeared to beryllium the backmost of a truck. He had been missing since Sunday morning.

Palestinian sources said clashes were taking spot betwixt Hamas information forces and fighters from the Doghmush clan successful Sabra connected Sunday, though this has not been confirmed by section authorities.

A elder root successful Gaza’s Ministry of Interior told Al Jazeera Arabic that the clashes successful Gaza City progressive “an equipped militia affiliated with the [Israeli] occupation”.

The root said information forces imposed a siege connected the militia, adding that “militia members” killed displaced radical arsenic they were returning from confederate Gaza to Gaza City.

Despite the caller ceasefire, section authorities person repeatedly warned that the information concern successful Gaza remains challenging.

‘I lived successful fearfulness for each second’

Speaking to Al Jazeera successful January, respective days earlier the commencement of a impermanent ceasefire successful the warfare astatine the time, Aljafarawi talked astir his experiences being displaced from bluish Gaza.

“All the scenes and situations I went done during these 467 days volition not beryllium erased from my memory. All the situations we faced, we volition ne'er beryllium capable to hide them,” Aljafarawi said.

The writer added that helium had received galore threats from Israel owed to his work.

“Honestly, I lived successful fearfulness for each second, particularly aft proceeding what the Israeli concern was saying astir me. I was surviving beingness 2nd to second, not knowing what the adjacent 2nd would bring,” helium said.

In the deadliest-ever struggle for journalists, much than 270 media workers person present been killed successful Gaza since the commencement of Israel’s warfare successful October 2023.

Aljafarawi’s decease comes arsenic the existent ceasefire successful Gaza has held for a 3rd day, up of an expected hostage-prisoner exchange.

United States President Donald Trump is acceptable to stitchery with different satellite leaders connected Monday successful Egypt’s Red Sea edifice municipality of Sharm el-Sheikh for a Gaza acme co-hosted by Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

It aims “to extremity the warfare successful the Gaza Strip, heighten efforts to execute bid and stableness successful the Middle East, and usher successful a caller epoch of determination information and stability”, according to the Egyptian president’s office.

During the “historic” gathering, a “document ending the warfare successful the Gaza Strip” is acceptable to beryllium signed, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said connected Sunday. Neither Israel nor Hamas volition person representatives astatine the talks.