Mohammed Abu Sharia, managing editor of the local privately owned Shams News Agency, was injured in an Israeli airstrike in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City on June 29, resulting in severe head injuries, according to his outlet, the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, and the International Federation of Journalists. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Indonesian Hospital and died on July 1.
Abu Sharia studied journalism at the Islamic University of Gaza and worked for various outlets before becoming a reporter at Shams News Agency, where he was later promoted to managing editor, the outlet said.