Wael Ibrahim Salem Abu Qaffa

Their life

Wael Ibrahim Abu Quffa was a Palestinian journalist and university lecturer from the Gaza Strip who worked with the Holy Quran Educational Radio – Voice of the Islamic University and taught in the Department of Journalism and Media at the Islamic University of Gaza. At 47, he combined professional media work with teaching and academic activity. He was killed on November 22, 2024, when an Israeli airstrike struck his family home in the Nuseirat refugee camp. His son Imad was killed alongside him.

Abu Quffa's professional life was closely connected to journalism, broadcasting and media education in Gaza. He worked for the Islamic University's Educational Holy Quran Radio, where sources describe him as a journalist and, more specifically, as working in sound/output engineering. At the same time, he served as a lecturer in the university's Department of Journalism and Media, allowing him to combine practical broadcasting experience with the education of journalism students.
he was from the Nuseirat refugee camp and had pursued higher education in digital media. One source records that he had obtained a master's degree in digital media from the Islamic University and was pursuing doctoral studies at the time of his death.
He was also a father. On November 22, 2024, his home in the Nuseirat area was struck in an Israeli airstrike. Abu Quffa and his son Imad, who was 13 according to a later death record, were among those killed. The attack reportedly injured other family members and severely damaged the family residence.

How they died

Wael Ibrahim Abu Quffa was killed during an Israeli airstrike on his family home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The attack took place on the evening of November 22, 2024, in the vicinity of Ain Jalut Towers. The strike killed Abu Quffa and his son Imad, while several other members of the family were reportedly injured

He was traumatic injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike that struck and heavily damaged the Abu Quffa family home. A report by the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) stated that an Israeli F-16 fighter jet struck the family residence with a missile at approximately 5:30 p.m.; the house caught fire and parts of the structure collapsed. Rescue workers reportedly had difficulty recovering Abu Quffa's body because sections of the building had fallen on him.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Wael Ibrahim Salem Abu Qaffa, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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