Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali

Their life

Ibrahim Jamal Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali was a Palestinian journalist and member of the staff of Al-Quds Today TV, a Palestinian television channel affiliated with Islamic Jihad. He worked in broadcasting and was among five channel staff members killed when an Israeli airstrike struck their external broadcast vehicle near Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat on 26 December 2024. The vehicle was identified as a press vehicle, while the Israeli military later alleged that Ibrahim was an Islamic Jihad operative involved in combat propaganda

Ibrahim Jamal Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali, whose full Arabic name is إبراهيم جمال إبراهيم الشيخ علي, worked as a journalist with Al-Quds Today TV. His professional role was connected to the channel's television and broadcast operations in Gaza. On 26 December 2024, he was working with other members of the channel's staff when their external broadcast vehicle was parked near Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp. The vehicle was reportedly marked as a press vehicle. An Israeli airstrike hit the vehicle, setting it on fire and killing Ibrahim and four colleagues. The incident resulted in the deaths of five Al-Quds Today TV staff members. The Israeli military later stated that Ibrahim was an operations officer associated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad and had been involved in the organization's combat propaganda. The channel, however, identified those killed as its staff members.

How they died

Ibrahim Jamal Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting an external broadcast vehicle belonging to Al-Quds Today TV in central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp. He was one of five members of the channel's staff killed when the vehicle, which was reportedly marked as a press vehicle, was struck while parked near Al-Awda Hospital.

On 26 December 2024, an Israeli aircraft struck an external broadcast vehicle belonging to Al-Quds Today TV that was parked near the entrance of Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza. The vehicle was reportedly marked with the word “Press.” The strike caused the vehicle to catch fire and killed five members of the television channel's staff, including Ibrahim Jamal Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali. The Israeli military later claimed that Ibrahim was an operations officer of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and was involved in the organization's combat propaganda activities.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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