Mariam Dagga, 33, a visual journalist, provided freelance services for the AP during the conflict and also contributed to other media organizations. The AP expressed in a statement their shock and grief over Dagga’s passing on Monday, alongside the other journalists.

Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis was struck by two missiles, according to medical officials. A total of 19 individuals lost their lives in the strike on Nasser Hospital, as reported by Zaher al-Waheidi, who heads the Gaza Health Ministry’s records department.

“They are doing everything they can to silence independent voices that are trying to report on Gaza,” Bruttin said.

International media access to the war is severely restricted by Israel, except for infrequent guided tours. As a result, news organizations primarily depend on Palestinian journalists and residents within Gaza to report the realities from the ground. While Israel often raises concerns about potential biases and affiliations among Palestinian journalists, it does not permit international journalists to enter.

Many journalists operating in Gaza share the same hardships in obtaining food for themselves and their families as the populations they are documenting.

In one of Dagga’s last social media posts on Sunday, she published a selfie of herself leaning against a wall.