Israeli forces kill Gaza journalist Mohammed Abu Jasser and his family

An Israeli air strike in north Gaza has killed the journalist Mohammed Abu Jasser and his family, Palestinian medical officials announced on Saturday.

The journalist’s home in the Jabalia area was targeted at dawn, making him the latest of 161 journalists to be killed in the enclave since the start of Israel’s latest war on Gaza on 7 October.

Local Palestinian media reported his two children and wife were also killed in the strike.

The Gaza based Al-Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif confirmed the killing of Abu Jasser, sharing video footage of his destroyed home in a post on X.

“We went to sleep last night, just like anyone else as normal, with women and children near us, and Mohammed my friend was there. We woke up to the sound of air strikes, smoke and fire. We woke up at around 3am and ran, and saw bodies torn apart and strewn across the road outside,” an eyewitness and friend of Abu Jasser says in an interview with Al-Jazeera Arabic following the strike.

Another neighbour of Abu Jasser’s told Al-Jazeera his home was “directly targeted” causing widespread damage.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 38,919 journalists since October and wounded around 89,622 others in the same time frame.

The war on the enclave has levelled entire neighbourhoods and plunged the Strip into a deep humanitarian crisis.