Palestinian Media and Communication Company
January 7, 2009, in Gaza , Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Faraj, a 22-year-old cameraman, was among a four-member television crew injured when their car was damaged by an attack in Gaza, according to regional news reports. The crew was not the target of the attack, but was hit by shrapnel and debris from the raid, the reports said.Faraj's crew had just completed an interview near Al-Wa'd Association for Prisoners, a Hamas-affiliated charitable organization dedicated to supporting Palestinians in Israeli captivity, when the association's building came under Israeli attack, Atif Issa, director general of the Palestinian Media and Communication Company, told CPJ. The crew, employed by the media company, was on assignment for Algerian TV.
All four crew members suffered injuries, but Faraj was most critically wounded. Faraj sustained a severe head injury and entered a coma while in transit to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. He was later transferred to a hospital in Egypt where he was pronounced dead on January 7, according to the news reports.
Medium: Television
Job: Camera Operator
Beats Covered: Politics, War
Gender: Male
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: No
Type of Death: Crossfire/Combat-Related
Suspected Source of Fire: Military Officials
