On the evening of Friday, October 13th 2023, the comedian, blogger, artist, journalist and activist Ali Nisman, aged 35, was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Gaza City.
News sources including LBC news, Safa news, Roya news and Wattan news as well as Facebook and Twitter/X accounts reported the killing of Ali Nisman in an Israeli airstrike.
His family, friends and fans mourned his death in social media posts. Ali Nisman was an actor in the Badge of Victory series “Gilboa” and the series “Al-Fidai”. Roya News described Ali as “a satirical comedian who participated in several television dramas and participated in many Palestinian dramatic artistic works and series and monologue songs, before he stopped this activity due to the intensification of the siege.” Ali Nisman toured and filmed in the Gaza Strip despite the frequent bombings. He was known for documenting actions of Israeli forces in Gaza via his phone, and was active in talking about the concerns of citizens through his pages on social networking sites. He was buried in Beit Lahia next to his brother.
His young son honoured his memory in a post saying “My beloved father, may God have mercy on you and forgive you and dwell in his spacious gardens. Martyr of the homeland and the Palestinian cause ?I love you so much and I will be as you want ?”.
Dr-Fady Salah Kassab described Ali as “cheerful, promising, ambitious… and loved life”.
Ali Nisman was listed among the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023; his ID has been included below.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.