The Israeli occupation army killed three Palestinian journalists on Wednesday after targeting a vehicle belonging to the Egyptian Committee for Gaza Relief in the Gaza Strip, according to the committee’s media spokesperson.
Mohamed Mansour, spokesperson for the Egyptian committee, told Al Manassa that Israeli forces deliberately struck a car carrying three journalists working with the committee’s media office while they were on assignment in Gaza.
Mansour said the three journalists were on a work mission documenting relief camps established by the committee in the Netzarim area, near the center of the enclave, when the vehicle was hit.
According to Mansour, the victims were Palestinian photojournalists employed by the committee: Mohamed Salah Qeshta, Abdel Raouf Shaath and Anas Ghoneim.
Israeli army radio, citing what it described as “Egyptian intelligence,” confirmed the incident, saying those targeted were working for the Egyptian committee and were documenting humanitarian activities inside a newly established displacement camp. The radio said the vehicle clearly bore the Egyptian committee’s insignia at the time of the attack.
Wednesday's death toll in Gaza has reached at least 11 Palestinians, including the 3 journalists, in various areas across the Gaza Strip according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
According to WAFA, since the ceasefire declared in October, 1,820 Palestinians have been killed or wounded in 1,300 violations of the agreement committed by the Israeli occupation.
The Israeli army has continued to violate the ceasefire agreement signed in Sharm El-Sheikh on Oct. 10, with the number of Palestinians killed since the deal came into force reaching about 400, according to the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza.
In November 2025, the Egyptian Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza had begun establishing what it described as the largest displacement camp for Palestinians along the Netzarim corridor, an area the Israeli army had previously used during its assault on Gaza to split the Strip into northern and southern sections.
Mansour said Egypt’s takeover of the area to establish a camp for displaced Palestinians carries multiple political and humanitarian implications, adding that Cairo had previously contributed to Israel’s withdrawal from those areas by facilitating ceasefire negotiations as part of its mediation role in the January ceasefire agreement. He said this effort should be credited to Egypt and its political leadership.
Mansour said the number of Egyptian-run camps in Gaza has now reached 22, covering nearly all areas of the Strip. He added that the camps, which began in Khan Younis before expanding to central and northern Gaza, provide services to 70,000 displaced families who lost their homes, with the total number of beneficiaries estimated at about 120,000 people.
He told Al Manassa the camps offer full services, including tents, complete food support, clothing, blankets and ready-to-eat meals, with one million loaves of bread distributed daily across the Egyptian camps.
In a related context, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi described the announcement of the start of the second phase of the Gaza agreement as a pivotal step toward reducing escalation. Speaking during a dialogue session at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2026, El-Sisi stressed the need to solidify the ceasefire and build on the outcomes of the Sharm El-Sheikh summit.
El-Sisi pointed to what he described as Egypt’s “very positive” role in halting the war and facilitating the entry of aid, saying Cairo would spare no effort in engaging all parties to reach a “just solution” to the Palestinian issue, which he described as the core of regional stability.
He also called for accelerating early recovery and reconstruction across Gaza, warning that the disregard by some parties for the foundations of international legitimacy undermines prospects for growth. El-Sisi said Egypt’s engagement aims to reach a final settlement that guarantees the rights of the Palestinian people and supports regional stability.
