Hassan Samour, a 44-year-old Palestinian host and producer for the Hamas-affiliated Al Aqsa Voice Radio, was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on his home near Khan Younis, a city in southern Gaza, on May 15, 2025, along with 11 family members.
Multiple airstrikes hit Khan Younis that night, killing more than 50 people in a second night of heavy bombing, the Associated Press reported.
“The strike killed Hassan, his wife, their five children, his mother, his brother, his brother’s wife, and their children,” Ahmed Zughbur, director of Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, told CPJ, adding that their home was in the town of Bani Suheila, some two kilometers (just over a mile) east of Khan Yunis.
“Earlier in the war, Hassan’s other brother, his wife, and children, as well as Hassan’s father and sixth child, were also killed — effectively erasing Hassan’s entire family,” he said.
CPJ’s email seeking comment from the Israel Defense Forces’ North America Media Desk did not receive a response.
CPJ continues to investigate cases involving journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war and routinely reviews and updates its documentation when credible new information becomes available.