Yacoup Al-Borsh

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Yaqoup Al-Borsh, a 30-year-old Palestinian journalist and the executive director of Namaa Radio, died on November 13, 2023, from injuries sustained the previous day, when an Israeli airstrike hit his family’s home in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, according to media reports and his brother, Issa Al-Borsh, who spoke to CPJ.

Issa Al-Borsh, the financial director of Namaa Radio, told CPJ that "Israeli missiles hit us at 5:30 a.m., killing Moussa, our father, and our uncle instantly." Yacoup, a father of two daughters, was critically injured. Issa Al-Borsh said that other family members were also injured in the strike, which hit their six-story building

CPJ emailed the Israel Defense Forces’ North America Media Desk in late September 2024, asking for comment on the killing of Yaqoup Al-Borsh. 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.