The journalists were travelling in a vehicle that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in the Al-Zahraa area southwest of Gaza City, killing five people in total.
In a statement, the Palestinian civil defence said “the bodies of the three journalists killed in an Israeli air strike in the Al-Zahraa area southwest of Gaza City were transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.”
The victims were identified as Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Shaath, and Anas Ghneim. Shaath had previously worked for AFP as a photojournalist and videographer.
Committee spokesperson Mohamed Mansour said the journalists were working with the Egyptian committee and were filming at its camps at the time of the strike.
The Al-Zahraa camp, located along the Netzarim corridor, was recently completed by the Egyptian committee to house Palestinians whose homes were destroyed during the war.
It includes 850 fully equipped tents, as well as a school, a water well, medical clinics, and communal kitchens that provide hot meals to displaced families, according to the committee.
The Egyptian committee said in a statement that it mourned its staff “with hearts firm in faith in God’s will and decree,” describing them as “a pure group” and offering condolences to their families.
As of December, the committee has established 22 relief camps across the Gaza Strip, 16 of which are already operational, providing shelter to tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced by Israel’s genocidal war.
The camps are spread across southern, central, and northern Gaza under an initiative that began in Khan Younis and later expanded northward.
They currently accommodate around 70,000 displaced families, or approximately 120,000 people whose homes were destroyed. Six additional camps are under preparation following land allocation and the installation of basic infrastructure, including water wells and electricity.
The camps provide tents, cooked meals, clothing, blankets, and medical services, and distribute roughly one million loaves of bread daily.
Since the ceasefire began in October, more than 460 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
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