‘Kind, principled’: Colleagues remember Gaza journalist killed by Israel
Ahmed Washah, cameraman for Al Jazeera Mubasher
Priyanka Shankar and Mohammad Mansour report in Al Jazeera on 21 June 2026:
Palestinian journalists have paid tribute to their Al Jazeera colleague Ahmed Wishah, who was killed in an Israeli air attack on central Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp. He is the 12th Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel in Gaza, which has become the deadliest place for journalists in the world.
Wishah, 25, was killed on Saturday, weeks after his brother Mohammed, who also worked for the Doha-based network, was killed in deliberate Israeli shelling of his car. At least 260 Palestinian journalists have been killed since Israel launched its genocidal war in October 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Who was Wishah, and what has Israel said about his killing? Here’s what we know:
Who was Wishah?
Born in the Bureij refugee camp, Ahmed Samir Mohammed Wishah was the youngest of three brothers. He worked as a cameraman for Al Jazeera Mubasher. The journalist was killed when an Israeli air attack hit a house. Two other Palestinians were also killed in the strike as Israel has continued its attacks despite an October “ceasefire”.
Wishah gained prominence during the Gaza war by accompanying and filming footage for his late brother, an Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent killed on April 8. Together, they formed a media duo that documented the suffering of the Palestinian people and the unfolding events of the war.
In an interview after his brother’s death, Wishah called on the world to stop the killing of journalists. “Let the martyrdom of Mohammed Wishah be the end to the killing of journalists. This is my message to the world. Someone should stop the occupation from targeting journalists. That’s our only message: Stop the Israeli occupation from targeting journalists,” Ahmed said in April.