Yaser Murtaja

Yaser (or Yasser) Murtaja (Arabic: ياسر مرتجى,[1] 1987/1988 – 6 April 2018[2]) was a Palestinian video journalist and photographer from the Gaza Strip.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, he was killed by Israeli security forces during the 2018 Gaza border protests. Murtaja was the co-founder of Ain Media Production Company, which produced video for several international media outlets.[3][4] He was one of the first individuals to bring a drone camera into Gaza, a territory with no airport.[5]

  1. ^ "ياسر مرتجى.. أول صحفي شهيد بمسيرات العودة" (in Arabic). Al Jazeera. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Israel to investigate killing of Palestinian journalist". BBC. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Well-known Palestinian journalist Yasser Murtaja dies as Israel border clash escalates". scmp.com. Associated Press. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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