Amr Nahed Abdel Rahman Abu Ouda

Their life

Amro Nahed Abdul Rahman Abu Ouda was a 26-year-old Palestinian freelance photojournalist from Gaza City. He worked documenting events and the impact of the war on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. On 31 October 2024, while covering events in Al-Shati Refugee Camp west of Gaza City, he was directly struck by a missile fired from an Israeli military drone. Palestinian media-monitoring organizations and the Gaza Government Media Office reported that he was killed in the attack, which they described as a direct targeting without prior warning. His death was recorded as part of the continuing deaths of Palestinian journalists and media workers during the Gaza war.

Amro Nahed Abdul Rahman Abu Ouda (عمرو ناهض عبد الرحمن أبو عودة) was a Palestinian photojournalist from Gaza City. He was 26 years old at the time of his death and worked as a freelance photographer, documenting the conditions and events unfolding in the Gaza Strip during the war. His work placed him in areas affected by Israeli military operations, where journalists were documenting attacks, displacement and the impact of the conflict on civilians.|
On 31 October 2024, Abu Ouda was in Al-Shati Refugee Camp, west of Gaza City, while covering events in the area. Palestinian reports state that an Israeli military drone directly targeted him with a missile. The Palestinian Government Media Office described the attack as occurring without prior warning, while Palestinian press-freedom monitoring documented that he was killed while carrying out his journalistic work.
His death was subsequently included in Palestinian documentation of journalists and media workers killed during the Gaza war. A Palestinian press-freedom report published after October 2024 listed Abu Ouda among journalists killed that month and specifically recorded his death as resulting from a direct strike by an Israeli drone in Al-Shati Camp

How they died

Amro Nahed Abu Ouda died after being directly targeted by a missile fired from an Israeli military drone while he was in Al-Shati Refugee Camp, west of Gaza City, on 31 October 2024. Palestinian media-monitoring sources specifically describe him as a freelance photojournalist and report that he was covering Israeli military attacks against residents in the area when he was struck

Amro Abu Ouda was killed by a direct missile strike from an Israeli military drone in Al-Shati Refugee Camp, west of Gaza City. Palestinian reports state that he was working as a photojournalist and covering events in the camp when the Israeli drone targeted him. The Gaza Government Media Office says the attack occurred without prior warning or notice. A Palestinian press-freedom report likewise records that the freelance photographer was directly targeted by a missile from a drone belonging to the Israeli army.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Amr Nahed Abdel Rahman Abu Ouda, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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