{"id":5688,"date":"2026-06-23T13:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:58:30","slug":"martyr-no-263-gazas-journalists-carry-the-banner-of-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/martyr-no-263-gazas-journalists-carry-the-banner-of-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Martyr no.263: Gaza\u2019s journalists continue to carry the banner of truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ONM journalist Nesma Darwish writes that behind every number added to the growing list of journalists killed by Israel in Gaza lies an entire life cut short.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, photojournalist Ahmed Washah became the 263rd journalist killed in Gaza since the start of Israel\u2019s genocidal war on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Israeli airstrike on Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza transformed him from a witness documenting tragedy into one of its victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed was not merely another statistic. He now joins his brother, Muhammad Washah, an Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent who was killed in Gaza two and a half months earlier. In a matter of seconds, the documented reality overtook the documentarians themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under these devastating circumstances, journalism in Gaza has evolved from a profession into a frontline defence of truth. Local journalists continue confronting the world with evidence of the immense human suffering and destruction unfolding on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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