Mahmoud Al-Sarraj, a Palestinian journalist who dedicated his life to documenting the suffering of his people, was killed in an Israeli airstrike while covering humanitarian work in northern Gaza. His death marks another painful chapter in a war that has claimed not only lives but the very voices that strive to expose its horrors.

Mahmoud died doing what he loved—telling the stories of the displaced, the wounded, and the grieving. Just days earlier, he had been mourning his brother Rushdi, also a journalist, killed in a previous attack. Their deaths leave behind a broken family and a silenced lens that once captured Gaza’s darkest hours with unwavering humanity.

Loved ones describe Mahmoud as a gentle presence, generous and devoted to both his work and his family. He was targeted while filming the opening of a relief camp, part of a media team seeking to show a sliver of hope in a devastated landscape. The Israeli strike took the lives of nine people, including fellow journalists.

Palestinian journalists have become deliberate targets in a war where the truth is as dangerous as a weapon. Since the start of the Israeli assault, 209 media workers have been killed, many while on duty. Each one leaves behind a legacy of courage, and a warning: when journalists are silenced, injustice thrives in the shadows.