The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Thursday said it is alarmed by the killing of Saleh Aljafarawi, a 28-year-old freelance Palestinian journalist who rose to prominence on social media for his war coverage. He was shot and killed on October 12 in Gaza City, days after a ceasefire agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas.

Aljafarawi was killed while filming in the Sabra neighborhood amid overnight clashes. His father said that armed men cooperating with the Israeli military shot him and that his son was clearly identifiable as press, wearing a vest and helmet. Gaza’s governmental media office said he “was killed by gunfire from one of the gangs while covering the security forces’ clash with them” in Sabra. Footage verified by reporters showed his body, with a PRESS vest,

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