Tributes pour in for Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli air strike

Tributes are pouring in for Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Rushdi Saraj, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on Sunday.

Agnes Callamard, a human rights activist and the secretary-general of Amnesty International said on social media platform X: "We have lost a friend and colleague who worked with Amnesty on a short film… he was murdered today in an Israeli air strike."

Callamard added that "Rushdi was a talented filmmaker and a journalist, another victim of Israeli bombing".

Online, many others have posted photos and videos of the photojournalist, commending his work and paying tribute to him.