'If You're Reading This, It Means I Have Been Killed': Israeli Forces Massacre Two More Journalists

Mohammad Mansour (left) and Hossam Shabat (right)

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“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces,” wrote Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat before he was assassinated in Gaza on March 24.

Israeli military forces reportedly launched a targeted strike on Shabat, a contributor to Drop Site News and a reporter for Al Jazeera Mubasher. He was driving his vehicle in Beit Lahia.

The same day the Israeli military also killed Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mansour, a correspondent for Palestine Today. They reportedly bombed Mansour’s house in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Israeli military forces, backed by the United States, have killed at least 217 journalists and media workers since it started bombing Gaza on October 7, 2023.

Shabbat’s team shared the journalist’s final message. “When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For [the] past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury.”

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