In the early hours of Wednesday, October 25th 2023, 35-year-old journalist of Al-Aqsa TV Ahmed Abdul Hay Abdullah Abu Mahadi was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike while he was in his home in Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Abu Mahadi worked for Hamas-affiliated al-Aqsa TV and was the fifth journalist to have been reportedly killed that day by Israeli forces.

Several media outlets and colleagues expressed their condolences on social media. For example, the Journalists Syndicate offered its deepest condolences to the families of the five journalists who had been killed on October 25th, including Ahmed Abu Mahadi, as reported by Almayadeen.net.

Family members also grieved on social media and posted pictures of the late Ahmed – a middle-aged bald man with large brown eyes dressed in a blue shirt and jacket. Belal Abumhadi wrote that Ahmed was her sister’s husband and added, “Oh God, strengthen my sister’s heart and be with her and make it easy for her. Oh God, mend the brokenness of her heart and make her patient and patient for your judgment and destiny.”

The name of Ahmed Abdul Hay Abdullah Abu Mahadi has been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Israeli military.