Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in Gaza

Israeli drone strike kills Mohammed Wishah, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, west of Gaza City.Published On 8 Apr 2026|Updated: 8 Apr 2026 08:08 PM (GMT)Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah has been killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Gaza Strip.Wishah, a correspondent in Gaza for Al Jazeera Mubasher, was killed on Wednesday after the attack hit a car he was travelling in on al-Rashid Street, the coastal road that runs west of Gaza City.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Hamas armed wing says disarmament demands not acceptablelist 2 of 3WHO halts Gaza medical evacuations after worker killedlist 3 of 3Civilians under fire by gangs in Gaza: What happened in Maghazi?end of listThe air strike caused the car to burst into flames, sources told Al Jazeera.Israel has been targeting journalists in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza in October 2023.The Gaza Government Media Office says at least 262 journalists have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since then.In a statement, Al Jazeera Media Network said it “strongly condemns the heinous crime of targeting and killing Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent, Mohammed Wishah”.“This constitutes a new and flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, and reflects a continued systematic policy of targeting journalists and silencing the voice of truth,” it said.“As Al Jazeera mourns its correspondent Mohammed Wishah, who joined the Network in 2018, it affirms that his killing was not a random act but a deliberate and targeted crime intended to intimidate journalists and prevent them from carrying out their professional duties,” the statement continued.Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili, reporting from Gaza City, says the fact that Wishah was killed while travelling on the main road in Gaza City shows “the situation is getting much more dire in light of the ongoing Israeli military’s ‘ceasefire’ violations”.