Kuhusu (imetafsiriwa kutoka Kiingereza)
Atallah, mhariri wa Kipalestina mwenye umri wa miaka 24 wa tovuti ya habari ya ndani ya Al-Resalah na mwandishi wa tovuti huru ya kikanda ya Raseef22, aliuawa shahidi katika shambulio la anga la Israel dhidi ya kambi ya wakimbizi ya Beach kaskazini mwa Jiji la Gaza, pamoja na idadi isiyojulikana ya wanafamilia, kwa mujibu wa ujumbe wa Twitter wa Raseef22 uliojumuisha ujumbe wake wa mwisho wa sauti, shirika la habari la ndani la Safa, Chama cha Waandishi wa Habari wa Palestina, na Shirikisho la Kimataifa la Waandishi wa Habari. Ayman Sharrouf, mhariri wa siasa wa Raseef22, aliiambia CPJ kwamba Atallah “aliandikia Raseef22 kwa jina lake na kwa jina jingine bandia. Alipendezwa hasa na hadithi za maisha ya kila siku ya wakazi wa Gaza, licha ya mzingiro wa Gaza, ufisadi, na maslahi finyu ya kisiasa katika ukanda huo. Vita vilipoanza, tulianza kushirikiana, na aliandika makala 3, lakini aliishi kaskazini ambako kulikuwa na mashambulizi makali ya mabomu, na moja ya mashambulizi ya anga ya Israel lilipiga nyumba ya wazazi wake, likamuua mmoja wa kaka zake na wanafamilia wake wote. Sharrouf aliiambia CPJ kwamba “Atallah alihama baada ya kunusurika hali nyingi za kukaribia kifo. Katika mawasiliano yake ya mwisho nasi, aliniambia kuwa yuko salama na anataka kurejea kazini hivi karibuni, lakini baadaye nilipata habari za kifo chake kutoka kwenye vyombo vya habari.” Sharrouf aliongeza, “Mohammed alikuwa mwandishi wa habari mwenye weledi mkubwa. Alitaka kufikisha sauti za watu. Alifanya kazi kwa bidii katika makala zake na alijali sana kuripoti kwa ukweli maisha ya kila siku ya watu wa Gaza, licha ya changamoto zote zinazomkabili mwandishi wa habari kama yeye. Kwa bahati mbaya, aliuawa kabla ya kufanikisha alichotaka katika uandishi wa habari; na sehemu ya kutisha na kuumiza moyo zaidi ni kwamba alidhani angenusurika.”
Maandishi asilia
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.”