The government media office in Gaza announced on Sunday evening that the number of martyred journalists as a result of the war launched by Israel on the Strip since October 7 has risen to 35 journalists.

The office said in a statement on the Telegram platform: “35 journalists...the government media office publishes a list of journalists who were promoted as a result of the ongoing occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip.”

The office published the names and photos of the journalist victims, as the list included: “Mohamed Al-Salhi, Ibrahim Lafi, Mohamed Jarghoun, Asaad Shamlikh, Saeed Al-Taweel, Hisham Al-Nawajha, Mohamed Abu Rizq, Aed Al-Najjar, Mohamed Abu Matar, Rajab Al-Naqeeb, Ahmed Shehab, Abdel Rahman Shehab.” , Hossam Mubarak, Hani Al-Madhoun, Issam Bahar.”

The list also included: “Muhammad Baalousha, Abdel Hadi Habib, Ali Suleiman, Anas Abu Shamala, Samih Al-Nadi, Khalil Abu Athrah, Muhammad Abu Zarifa, Muhammad Ali, Iman Al-Uqaili, Muhammad Imad Labad, Ahmed Masoud, Rushdi Al-Sarraj, Muhammad Fayez Al-Hassani, Saed Halabi, Jamal Al-Faqawi, Ahmed Abu Mahadi, Yasser Abu Namous, Salma Mukhaimer, Doaa Sharaf, Salam Mima.”

The Israeli targeting affected the family of the director of the Qatari Al Jazeera channel in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh, as 12 members of his family were martyred, including his wife, son, and daughter, in a bombing that targeted a house to which they were displaced in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Al-Dahdouh received news of the targeting of the house where his family had taken refuge while he was covering the ongoing Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip from the Al-Jazeera office.

Since October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a war on Gaza in which 8,005 Palestinians were martyred, including 3,324 children, 2,062 women, and 460 elderly people, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Hamas killed more than 1,538 Israelis and wounded 5,132, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health, and holds 239 prisoners, according to the Israeli army, including high-ranking military personnel.