On 24 March, the Israeli military assassinated Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat by targeting his vehicle in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza. Mohammad Mansour, a reporter for Palestine Today, was killed in a separate incident on the same day as the prominent Al Jazeera correspondent. Their deaths added to the still-growing count of Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza, where at least 214 media workers have lost their lives since October 2023, according to the Government Media Office in the