Moamen Mohammed Abu Al-Auf

Their life

Moamen Mohammed Abu Al-Auf, a Palestinian photojournalist, was killed on June 9, 2025, during an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City. He was documenting Israeli aggression alongside three paramedics during a humanitarian mission when he was targeted and killed. His death highlights the continued targeting of journalists in Gaza.

Moamen Mohammed Abu Al-Auf was a dedicated Palestinian photojournalist known for his courageous frontline reporting from the Gaza Strip. He was actively documenting the ongoing Israeli aggression against Gaza when he was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on June 9, 2025. The attack occurred on Jaffa Street in the Tuffah neighborhood, while Moamen was accompanying three paramedics on a humanitarian rescue mission.

Shortly before his death, Moamen had been seen with medics at Al-Shifa Hospital, following a rescue operation in the Al-Radwan neighborhood, underscoring his commitment to documenting the suffering and resilience of Palestinians amid war.

His death brings the total number of journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023 to 227, according to the Gaza Government Media Office. Moamen's killing was widely condemned by human rights groups and media organizations as part of what they described as a systematic campaign by the Israeli military to silence Palestinian voices and eyewitness reporting from Gaza.

Moamen’s work captured the human cost of war, and he is remembered as a symbol of press bravery under fire.

How they died

He was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike

Moamen Mohammed Abu Al-Auf was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike while covering military aggression in Gaza. He was struck while accompanying three paramedics during a humanitarian mission on Jaffa Street in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Moamen Mohammed Abu Al-Auf, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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