Yahya Sobeih, a 32-year-old Palestinian freelance video editor and reporter who contributed to the local online outlets Sabaq 24 News Agency and Palestine Post, was killed on May 7, 2025, by an Israeli drone strike on a café in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in central Gaza City, according to multiple media reports.
“At around 2:40 p.m., an Israeli drone struck a restaurant that also housed a café serving journalists and residents by providing electricity and internet access, Sabaq 24’s editor-in-chief Mohammad Jarbouh told CPJ. “Yahya was present at the time and was killed along with several others.”
Jarbouh said Yahya’s wife had given birth to their third daughter that morning.
CPJ’s email seeking comment from the Israel Defense Forces’ North America Media Desk did not receive an immediate response.