Bahaa Rouhi Mahmoud Okasha

Their life

Bahaa Rouhi Mahmoud Okasha was a 39-year-old Palestinian photojournalist who worked for Al-Aqsa Network (Seraj TV). He was working as a journalist during the Gaza war and was killed together with his wife, son, and several other family members when an Israeli airstrike targeted their home in Jabalia refugee camp on 11 May 2024.

Bahaa Rouhi Mahmoud Okasha, also known as Bahaa Okasha, was a Palestinian photojournalist affiliated with Al-Aqsa Network (Seraj TV). He worked in visual journalism during the Gaza conflict, documenting events as the Israeli military assault continued across the Gaza Strip. On 11 May 2024, his family home in the Al-Qassasib neighborhood of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza was targeted in an Israeli airstrike. Okasha, aged 39, was killed in the attack together with his wife, son, and several other members of his family. His death was reported by Gaza's Government Media Office as part of the growing number of journalists and media workers killed during the war.

How they died

Bahaa Rouhi Mahmoud Okasha, a 39-year-old Palestinian photojournalist for Al-Aqsa Network (Seraj TV), was killed on 11 May 2024 when an Israeli airstrike targeted his family home in the Al-Qassasib neighborhood of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. His wife, son, and several other members of his family were also killed in the same bombardment.

Bahaa Okasha was killed while at his family residence in the Al-Qassasib neighborhood of Jabalia refugee camp when the house was targeted in an Israeli bombardment. The attack killed Okasha together with his wife, son, and several other members of his family. His death occurred amid the continuing Israeli military assault and airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Bahaa Rouhi Mahmoud Okasha, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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