Mohammed Abed Rabbo, a 35-year-old Palestinian journalist and the director of the IT department at Al-Manara Agency, was killed by an Israeli air strike along with his sister, Sumaya, in their rented apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp on the evening of Tuesday, August 27, 2024, according to media reports, and his brother, father, and a colleague, who spoke to CPJ.
CPJ emailed the Israel Defense Forces’ North America Media Desk in late September 2024, asking for comment on the killing of Abed Rabbo. In an exchange that followed, the IDF asked CPJ for the journalists’ IDs and "relevant coordinates," which CPJ explained it could not provide due to research limitations. The IDF then said it could not fully address CPJ’s inquiry due to a lack of "sufficient details." The IDF said it takes "all operationally feasible measures" to prevent harm to journalists and other civilians, asserting that "many" on CPJ’s list were Hamas members and therefore lawful targets, but did not name the journalists or provide evidence they were Hamas fighters.