A journalist from the local “Palestine” newspaper, Mohammed Al-Manirawi, and his wife were martyred in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their tent in the Al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
Al-Manirawi — not to be confused with Mohammed Al-Qrinawi, another journalist Israel assassinated back in December 2024, also along with his wife — refused to leave Gaza despite the continuous bombing, hunger and destruction.
In Gaza, journalists are not afforded the luxury of neutrality— nor the chance of survival.
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Waheed Al-Manirawi, who devoted more than 15 years of his life to documenting the truth, was martyred on Wednesday morning along with his wife and daughter after Israeli occupation aircraft targeted their tent in the Nuseirat camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip.
He died because his voice was stronger than bullets — because his eyes remained open to a pain that the world would rather shut its eyes to.
The Gaza journalist who never left the field
Since the outbreak of the war of extermination against Gaza, Al-Manirawi remained in the field — writing, sending photos, and witnessing endless massacres.
On his last night, he returned to his family’s tent to take them to Gaza City, but the occupation’s missiles were faster than his steps — assassinating his body and leaving behind a memory heavy with courage and resistance.
His friends said his smile never left him, even on the darkest nights. He believed that a true journalist resists with words.
He became part of a long list of journalists silenced by Israel. Their words were more than an obituary — they were a testimony to an entire era of oppression and resistance, to a generation of journalists who discovered that no protective gear could keep them safe.
The assassination of truth
Al-Manirawi’s martyrdom is not an isolated incident.
According to the Palestinian Journalists’ Protection Centre (PJPC), more than 257 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli aggression — the highest toll in the world in decades.
They were not killed by accident, but because they reported what the world did not want to see.
The centre described the targeting of Al-Manirawi as a “full-fledged war crime” and called for an urgent international investigation, stressing that:
The blood of journalists in Gaza will remain a testament to the world’s inability to protect the truth.
When the world remains silent
Al-Manirawi’s death is not only a loss for his family and colleagues, but also a slap in the face of a silent humanity.
The world that claims to defend press freedom watches in silence as cameras become charges and microphones become military targets.
At a time when Europe’s shores are closed to refugees, the skies over Gaza remain open to missiles that kill both words and people.
The truth cannot be buried
Mohammed al-Manirawi is gone, but his voice still echoes among the rubble of Gaza — among his colleagues who continue to work with the same conviction: journalism is not a profession for survival, but a path to truth, no matter the cost.
The blood of journalists in Gaza remains the last ink that writes the truth.
Featured image via the Canary
