Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in an undated photograph. Masri was killed by an Israeli strike on the hospital while he was operating a live video feed.

Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, reported on the war’s civilian suffering while living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family.

Masri, 49, was an experienced cameraman whose positive approach in the most dangerous situations made him popular among Gaza’s tight-knit community of reporters, journalist colleagues said.

“Tomorrow will be better,” he would say, even as conditions in the Palestinian enclave descended further into hunger and desperation in the months leading up to his death.

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