Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Live: Lawyers present genocide risk case against Israel at ICJ

Palestinian journalist seen in flames from Israeli strike on media tent dies

8 April 2025 12:19 BST

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Mansour has succumbed to burns sustained after an Israeli strike on a tent where reporters were known to reside in Khan Younis was set on fire. 

In a widely shared clip, the correspondent for the local Palestine Today news agency was seen engulfed in flames as colleagues desperately attempt to save him on Monday. 

Mansour was left in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.

The Palestinian civil defence confirmed Mansour's death on Tuesday, according to Palestinian news website Arab48. 

Middle East Eye correspondent Ahmed Aziz, who was a witness to the strike, reported that those in the tent "tried desperately to rescue Ahmed Mansour from the flames, but there were no resources available, as the sponge, wood, and nylon in the tent quickly caught fire."

Read more: Palestinian journalist seen in flames from Israeli strike on media tent dies

Ahmed Mansour, a correspondent for the local Palestine Today news agency, was seen in widely circulated footage to be engulfed in flames as colleagues desperately attempted to rescue him (X)