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Stop Murdering Journalists

Israel murdered 349 journalists in 874 days

31 days since Israel murdered a journalist

Image of Mahmoud Al-Sarraj.

Mahmoud Al-Sarraj
محمود السراج

Killed by Israel using an Airstrike

Killed by Israel on 15 Mar 2025

24 years old Photographer or Videographer

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Full name: Mahmoud Yahya Al-Sarraj | محمود يحيى السراج

• Killed in two successive airstrikes against a vehicle carrying a crew of journalists and aid workers who were documenting relief efforts led by the UK-based Al-Khair Foundation in Beit Lahia.

• Among the nine martyrs were identified: Bilal Abu Matar - media worker; Mohammed Al-Ghafir - field worker; Mahmoud Al-Sarraj - photographer; Bilal Akila - photographer; Abu Hazem Sardah - driver; Abu Suhaib Al-Najjar - spokesperson for the organization; and two drone photographers, one of whom was identified as Mahmoud Aslim.

• Mahmoud Al-Sarraj was the brother of the journalist Rushdi Al-Sarraj who has been killed during the first weeks of the genocide.