At least 6 killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes, including Al Jazeera cameraman

Gaza Strip. At least 6 people have died in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. Among the dead are Al Jazeera news agency cameraman Ahmed Bishah and at least one child. This information was given by Gaza health officials and rescuers, the BBC reported.

Al Jazeera strongly condemned the death of journalist Ahmed Bishah in its statement, calling it a heinous attack on journalists. The organization stated that this incident shows the ongoing process of targeting journalists and suppressing the voice of truth.

However, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed that Bishah was not a journalist but a sniper affiliated with Hamas's military wing. The IDF accused him of planning sniper attacks against Israeli soldiers in recent months, but has not presented public evidence. Local hospitals and rescue agencies reported that Ahmed Bishah and two others died in an attack on a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday. The IDF claimed that the other two people killed there were also associated with Hamas.

Ahmed Bishah's elder brother, Mohammed Bishah, was also a correspondent for Al Jazeera. He was killed in an Israeli attack in April. At that time too, the IDF had accused him of being associated with Hamas's weapons production unit. Meanwhile, in another attack in the Sabra area of Gaza City at night, four members of the same family died. According to Shifa Hospital, two of the dead were children. Doctors informed the news agency Reuters that two women and one child were among the dead.

Even after the ceasefire that came into effect in October, Israel and Hamas have been accusing each other of violating the agreement. According to Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health, 1,007 people have died in Israeli military actions since the ceasefire came into effect.

The ceasefire agreement also promised to deliver a large amount of humanitarian aid to Gaza. However, various aid organizations have stated that sufficient relief materials have not yet arrived.