Mohammed al‑Khalidi
Mohammed Abdel Majid al-Khalidi was born in Jabalia refugee camp on August 14, 1988. He studied Arabic Language and Media at Al-Azhar University. Al-Khalidi worked for the Union of OIC News Agencies, Dunia al-Watan, Al-Jadeed al-Falastini, and the Misbar platform. He won awards for his investigative journalism from Ma’an News Agency, Badil, and the Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN). His colleague Maysoun Kahil remembers him as writing “as though his words sought to bridge the gap between people rather than widen it.”
Al-Khalidi's first video after the start of the genocide denounced the Occupation’s blockade on and targeting of journalists in Gaza. In his last videos, he celebrated Palestinian ingenuity, covering the invention of a portable cardboard fan to combat the August heatwave, and supported Palestinian children, appealing to his followers to help an eight-year-old girl struggling with hunger.
On August 10, 2025, al-Khalidi was martyred in a targeted airstrike on a tent housing journalists outside Al-Shifa Hospital alongside five of his colleagues — Anas al-Sharif, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Moamen Aliwa, and Mohammed Qraiqea. He was 36 years old and is survived by his brother, Anas al-Khalidi, and his father, Hasan al-Khalidi.
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محمد الخالدي .. نسمة هبت على عالم الصحافة Mohammed al-Khalidi: A breeze that blew through the world of journalism
لم أعرف زميلي الشهيد محمد الخالدي إلا بعد عودتنا إلى غزة بعد نزوح طويل جنوب القطاع، وجدته يمكث في خيمة نقابة الصحفيين التي أقمناها أمام بوابة مستشفى الشفاء لخدمة الزملاء الذين يعملون هناك، وكان يضطر للنوم فيها. I did not get to know my martyred colleague Mohammed al-Khalidi until we returned to Gaza City after a long period of displacement in the southern part of the Strip. I found him sheltering in the tent that had been set up outside of Al-Shifa Hospital to serve our journalist colleagues who worked there. He had to sleep there.
لأول وهلة يدخل القلب من هدوئه وأخلاقه العالية وعمله الدؤوب والمتواصل دون ضجيج. اطلعني على نماذج كثيرة من أعماله، ايقنت حجم موهبته الإعلامية وقدرته على إيصال رسالته بكل قوة. From the very first moment you meet him, his calm presence, integrity, and quiet dedication make their way into your heart. He shared many examples of his work with me, and it became clear to me just how gifted he was as a journalist and how powerfully he was able to share his message.
وحتى قبل افتتاح مركز التضامن الإعلامي في مدينة غزة كان يتواجد يوميا في النهار داخل المركز ليستفيد من خدمة الانترنت السريع، وألقاه هناك بابتسامته الرقيقة والجميلة، ليغادر مع حلول الظلام متوجها إلى خيمة النقابة بجوار الشفاء. Even before the Media Solidarity Center officially opened in Gaza City, he spent most days there, trying to use the fast internet connection. I would find him there with his soft, beautiful smile, only for him to leave again at dusk, returning to the journalists’ union tent beside Al-Shifa Hospital.
اخر لقاء بيننا كان قبل استشهاده بساعات قليلة حيث كنت مع حلول مغرب ذلك اليوم لا زلت في المركز مع الدكتور توفيق أبو جراد ولم أعرف أن محمد لا زال في المركز نظرا لهدوئه الشديد وعمله بصمت، فما أن حل الظلام نهض من المركز ملقيا علينا السلام، تفاجأت انه لا زال موجودا ولم نشعر به. Our final meeting came only hours before he was killed. Around sunset that evening, I was still at the center with Dr. Tawfiq Abu Jarad, unaware that Mohammed was there as well. Such was the quietness in which he worked, silently and without drawing attention to himself. Then, as night fell, he rose to leave and wished us goodbye. Only then did I realize he had been there the entire time, unnoticed.
وبعدها بساعات قليلة جاءتني الأخبار باستهداف خيمة الجزيرة المقابلة لخيمة النقابة و استشهاد الزملاء أنس ومحمد وطاقم القناة.. تبادر إلى ذهني محمد... اتصلت على جواله لم يرد ولم أعرف أخباره إلا عند الساعة السابعة صباحا حينما وصلت الى مستشفى الشفاء لأتفاجأ بأنه ارتقى الى العلا داخل خيمة النقابة هناك وإصابة عدد من الزملاء مع ا استشهاد طاقم قناة الجزيرة. Only a few hours later, news arrived that the Al Jazeera tent across from the journalists’ union tent had been struck, killing Anas, Mohammed, and members of the channel’s crew. Mohammed was the first person I thought of. I called his phone, but he did not answer. I did not learn what had happened until 7 the next morning, when I reached Al-Shifa Hospital and discovered that he had been martyred inside the union tent itself, alongside the Al Jazeera team and with colleagues who had been injured.
رحمك الله يا محمد. كل من عرفك أحبك. مركز التضامن يفتقدك بحضورك الهادئ والجميل. خيمة النقابة باتت خاوية في الليل وانت الذي كنت حريصا عليها مع عدد من الزملاء حفظهم الله. May God have mercy on you, Mohammed. Everyone who met you loved you. The Solidarity Center misses your quiet, beautiful presence. And the union tent now feels empty at night, it misses you, who had cared for it so faithfully alongside your colleagues. May God keep them safe.