Kisah (diterjemah daripada bahasa Inggeris)
Atallah, seorang editor Palestin berusia 24 tahun bagi laman berita tempatan Al-Resalah dan penulis bagi laman web bebas serantau Raseef22, syahid dalam serangan udara Israel ke atas kem pelarian Pantai di utara Bandar Gaza, bersama sejumlah ahli keluarga yang tidak dikenal pasti, menurut ciapan Raseef22 yang memuatkan mesej suara terakhirnya, agensi berita tempatan Safa, Sindiket Wartawan Palestin dan Persekutuan Wartawan Antarabangsa. Ayman Sharrouf, editor politik Raseef22, memberitahu CPJ bahawa Atallah “menulis untuk Raseef22 dengan namanya sendiri dan satu lagi nama samaran. Dia amat berminat dengan kisah kehidupan harian penduduk Gaza, walaupun dengan sekatan ke atas Gaza, rasuah dan kepentingan politik sempit di Semenanjung itu. Apabila perang bermula, kami mula bekerjasama, dan dia menulis 3 artikel, tetapi dia tinggal di utara yang dibom dengan hebat, dan salah satu serangan udara Israel menghentam rumah ibu bapanya, yang membunuh salah seorang saudara lelakinya dan semua ahli keluarganya.” Sharrouf memberitahu CPJ bahawa “Atallah berpindah setelah terselamat daripada banyak situasi yang hampir meragut nyawanya. Dalam surat-menyurat terakhirnya dengan kami, dia memberitahu saya bahawa dia selamat dan mahu kembali bekerja tidak lama lagi, tetapi saya kemudian mengetahui tentang kematiannya daripada berita.” Sharrouf menambah, “Mohammed seorang wartawan yang sangat profesional. Dia mahu menyampaikan suara rakyat. Dia bekerja keras untuk setiap artikelnya dan amat mementingkan pelaporan berasaskan fakta tentang kehidupan harian penduduk Gaza, walaupun dengan segala cabaran yang dihadapi oleh wartawan sepertinya. Malangnya, dia terbunuh sebelum sempat melakukan apa yang diingininya dalam bidang kewartawanan; dan bahagian yang paling ngeri dan memilukan ialah dia menyangka dia akan terselamat.”
Teks asal
Atallah, a 24-year-old Palestinian editor for the local Al-Resalah news website and a writer for the regional independent website Raseef22, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beach refugee camp in northern Gaza City, along with an unidentified number of family members, according to a tweet by Raseef22 that included his last voice message, the local news agency Safa, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, and the International Federation of Journalists. Ayman Sharrouf, Raseef22’s political editor, told CPJ that Atallah “wrote for Raseef22 under his name and another pseudonym. He was particularly interested in the daily life stories of the Gazans, despite the siege on Gaza, the corruption, and the narrow political interests in the strip. When the war started, we started collaborating, and he wrote 3 pieces, but he lived in the north where there was intense bombing, and one of the Israeli airstrikes hit his parents’ house, which killed one of his brothers and all of his family members. Sharrouf told CPJ that “Atallah evacuated after surviving a lot of near-death situations. In his last correspondence with us, he told me that he’s safe and he wants to resume working soon, but I later learned about his death from the news.” Sharrouf added, “Mohammed was a very professional journalist. He wanted to relay the voices of the people. He worked hard on his pieces and was very keen on factual reporting of the daily life of Gaza’s people, despite all the challenges that a journalist like him faces. Unfortunately, he was killed before he got to do what he wanted in journalism; and the most horrific heartbreaking part was that he thought he would survive.”