Gaza Journalist Tamim Muammar killed in Israeli air strike

Prominent Gaza journalist Tamim Muammar was killed along with several family members in an Israeli air strike which targeted their house in Khan Younis, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Muammar worked for Palestine Voice Radio and was mourned by other journalists and official Palestinian media outlets.

Social media was also awash with photos of Muammar and his family, with people remembering his work and contributions.

"He trained me on how to write the news at the Palestine Voice radio - the respected and intelligent journalist Tamim Muammar, was martyred after his home and his family members were directly targeted in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis. I can’t comprehend how I am writing the news of the death of the person who taught me how to write news. Damn this vile world," one social media user wrote.

According to local Palestinian media, another journalist, identified as Abdallah Al-Soussi, was also killed in a separate airstrike at the same time. Al-Soussi worked for Al-Aqsa TV and lived in the Al-Tahlia neighbourhood of Khan Younis.

Official Palestinian media issued a press statement stating that Palestinian journalists have continually been targeted along with their family members, and that media personnel will continue to convey the suffering of people in Gaza despite the attacks and challenges up against them.

The statement called on international media and humanitarian organisations to take immediate action and hold Israeli officials and soldiers responsible, urging them to do more than issue press statements.

The Palestinian Press Syndicate also issued a statement, calling the air strikes and targeting of journalists a "systematic crime" by the Israeli army and demanded the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court urgently begin investigation procedures into the killing of media personnel in Gaza.

At least 168 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, according to official Palestinian figures.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed over 39,699 Palestinians since October and wounded over  91,722 others.