On October 10, 2023, journalist Salam Khalil Mayma/Mima (33 years old) was killed alongside her two sons Hadi al-Masry (7 years old) and Ali al-Masry (five years old), and their daughter Sham al-Masry (2 years old) in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home in Al Na’ja, situated in the eastern area of Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza. Salam’s husband and the children’s father, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander, Muhammad al-Masry, was also killed.
Alhurra News reported the death of Salam Khalil Mayma and her family in a longer article citing journalists killed in the conflict so far. Alhurra News reported that Salam Khalil Mayma was the head of the Women Journalists’ Committee within the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.
On May 6, 2026, PIJ published a list of commanders killed since October 7, 2023. Muhammad al-Masry was among those named, and he was described as a “Commander in the Central Coordination File – Northern Brigade”. Airwars had originally recorded Muhammad as a civilian, but upon review of the PIJ list updated his status to militant.
Eye on Palestine posted a photo of the family together on Facebook. A number of other posts to social media, primarily Facebook, mourned the death of the family with many posting photos of them. Tawfiq Al Halabi also posted photos of Muhammad al-Masry on Facebook, commemorating the death of his friend and colleague.
The Coalition for Women in Journalism indicated that the bodies of Salam and Hadi were pulled out from the rubble on October 13th, while rescuers were still searching for Salam’s daughter. Some Facebook posts alleged that Muhammad al-Masry and his daughter Sham al-Masry survived the initial impact of the alleged airstrike and were calling to each other under the rubble. BBC and the Coalition for Women in Journalism reported that Ali, five years old, was rescued and survived the bombing, quoting the Mima family. However, other social media posts and news reports on October 13th later confirmed the death of all five family members.
Alhurra News reported that a total of four Palestinian journalists, including Salam Khalil Mayma, were killed on 10 October in alleged Israeli airstrikes that were said to have hit residential buildings. Alhurra claimed that Salam Khalil Mayma was the eighth journalist to be killed in the conflict.
Where possible, names have 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 strikes to Israeli forces.