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In March 2018, under a photo of Gaza's port, Murtaja wrote: "I hope the day that I can take this image when I am in the sky instead of on the ground will come! My name is Yaser, I am 30 years old, live in Gaza City and I have never travelled before in my life!" He once briefly crossed into Egypt, but
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website that the "circumstances in which journalists were hit, allegedly by IDF fire, are unknown to us and are being examined". The
Foreign Press Association in Israel and the Palestinian territories called on the Israeli army to conduct a fast and open investigation and to show restraint in areas
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Murtaja was with Rushdi Serraj, a photographer and colleague of
Murtaja's, when he was shot. Serraj recounted: "Suddenly, he shouts, 'I'm injured, I'm injured, my stomach.'" According to Serraj and the Palestinian health ministry, Murtaja was shot in the stomach by an Israeli sniper. On that day, 9
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Murtaja had flown a drone above soldiers when he was shot. He also suggested that Hamas men had dressed up as journalists. He said: "You don't know who is a photographer and who is not. Whoever employs drones above Israeli soldiers needs to understand he is endangering himself." The
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Hundred of colleagues and friends attended his funeral in Gaza City. His body was covered with a
Palestinian flag, and his press jacket laid on the stretcher as it was carried through the streets of Gaza City. The drone he had used for shooting footage of Gaza filmed his funeral.
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Palestinians were killed, 1350 were injured, and 25 were in critical condition; and that approximately 400 of those injured were hit by live ammunition. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that it had treated 700 injuries on 6 April, including 320 from live fire.
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