Mohammed Qreiqeh

Their life

Mohammed Qreiqeh was a Palestinian journalist and correspondent for Al Jazeera, known for his reporting from inside the Gaza Strip during some of the most intense periods of conflict. As part of Al Jazeera’s local reporting team, he played a vital role in providing real-time coverage of Israeli military operations and the humanitarian situation on the ground. Qreiqeh was committed to telling the stories of Palestinian civilians and highlighting the consequences of war, often reporting from locations under direct threat. He was killed on August 11, 2025, in an Israeli airstrike near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, along with four of his colleagues. His death further underscored the grave risks journalists face while reporting in war zones, especially in Gaza.

Mohammed Qreiqeh was a Palestinian journalist and field correspondent for Al Jazeera, based in the Gaza Strip. He worked as part of a team of local journalists who were instrumental in documenting the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, particularly as international media access to the enclave remained restricted. Known for his brave and thorough reporting, Qreiqeh was often seen covering the aftermath of airstrikes, interviewing displaced families, and chronicling the day-to-day struggles of Palestinians under siege.

Colleagues and peers described him as deeply committed to ethical journalism and fearless in his pursuit of the truth, even when it placed him in direct danger. He worked closely with fellow journalists such as Anas al-Sharif and shared the frontline burden of ensuring the world saw what was unfolding in Gaza in real time. His reporting provided vital footage and testimony from one of the most closed and dangerous war zones in the world.

Qreiqeh’s contributions extended beyond daily news — his

How they died

Mohammed Qreiqeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike on August 11, 2025, near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, while working in a press tent alongside fellow Al Jazeera journalists.

On August 11, 2025, Mohammed Qreiqeh was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike while working outside Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical facility. He was inside a designated media tent with other journalists reporting for Al Jazeera when the area was struck. The attack claimed the lives of five Al Jazeera staff in total: Qreiqeh, Anas al-Sharif, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa.

Footage verified by international news organizations showed chaotic scenes following the blast, with journalists and civilians rushing to recover the bodies. In one video, people can be heard shouting Qreiqeh’s name while retrieving the remains of the fallen reporters.

The Israeli military (IDF) later claimed the strike was intended to kill Anas al-Sharif, accusing him of being a Hamas operative. No justification or comment was issued regarding Qreiqeh or the other journalists killed. Al Jazeera described the attack as a "deliberate and premeditated assassination", part of a broader campaign to silence media coverage from Gaza. Human rights groups and press freedom organizations condemned the attack, calling it part of a growing pattern of impunity for violence against journalists in the conflict.

Qreiqeh's death is part of the devastating toll on media professionals in Gaza, with over 180 journalists killed since the start of Israel’s offensive in October 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). His passing highlights the extreme danger faced by local journalists who risk their lives daily to report under fire.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Mohammed Qreiqeh, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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