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Israeli strikes kill four, including journalist, in Gaza

Last updated: April 8, 2026 | 22:49

A man uses a bucket as he attempts to extinguish the burning vehicle of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Washeha after a strike in southern Gaza City on Wednesday. AFP

Flames rise after a strike on the vehicle of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Washeha in southern Gaza City on April 8, 2026. Al Jazeera reported on April 8 that one of its journalists, Mohammed Washeha, was killed when an Israeli drone strike targeted his car in Gaza. “Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Washeha was martyred in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli drone targeted his car,” the channel said. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

A firefighter attempts to extinguish the burning vehicle of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Washeha after a strike in southern Gaza City on April 8, 2026. Al Jazeera reported on April 8 that one of its journalists, Mohammed Washeha, was killed when an Israeli drone strike targeted his car in Gaza. “Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Washeha was martyred in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli drone targeted his car,” the channel said. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

People watch as rescuers work to extinguish a fire following an Israeli strike on a vehicle that killed Al Jazeera journalist Mohammad Weshah, according to medics, in Gaza City April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Relatives take a last look at the body of a Palestinian killed during an Israeli airstrike east of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, inside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 7, 2026. A Gaza hospital said clashes and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 10 people on April 6 near a school sheltering displaced people in the centre of the Palestinian territory. The incident is the latest to shake a fragile US-backed ceasefire that has been in place since October 10 and has largely halted the war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)

Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed four people on Wednesday, including an Al Jazeera journalist, local health authorities said and the Qatari television network reported.

The strike that killed Al Jazeera's Muhammad Washah targeted a vehicle he and one other ‌Palestinian, who was also killed, were driving along the coastal road in Gaza City, health authorities said.

In February 2024, at the height ⁠of Israel's war in Gaza, the military accused Washah of being a member ‌of Hamas' military wing. It released photos ‌that it said showed him operating weapons systems. It said it found the photos on a computer that it said troops had confiscated during a raid in Gaza.

At the time, Hamas and Al Jazeera denied that Washah had any affiliation ‌with the group. Israel's military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his killing.

Al Jazeera, which ⁠also did not immediately respond to a request for comment, reported on its Arabic-language TV channel that he was killed in a drone strike.

The Hamas-run government media office in Gaza condemned Washah's killing.

TWO OTHERS KILLED IN GAZA

In a separate incident in Gaza, medics said an Israeli airstrike killed two people in the central Gaza Strip, without providing details. There was no immediate comment from Israel's military on the incident.

Israel and Hamas reached a US-brokered deal last October that was meant to halt violence in the Palestinian territory. Both sides accuse each other of breaching ‌the agreement.

Israeli fire has killed at least 700 people since the deal was struck.

Israel has previously killed Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza and in the occupied ⁠West Bank.

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Israeli strikes kill four, including journalist, in Gaza

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