Palestinian media reported that the bombing resulted in the deaths of five civilians, who were near Al-Bi'ah Street in the city. Among them was journalist Barzaq, who was on a mission to document the effects of the war on civilians when an Israeli airstrike hit a café where he was posting photos he had taken.
In his latest Instagram post, Barzaq said he was forced to flee Gaza City for the second time due to Israeli bombardment and threats of forced displacement. He wrote: "We returned from the first displacement and our passion returned, but just as we breathed a sigh of relief, the war resumed again, more violently. Today, we are forced to flee Gaza City once again and leave the studio, and I thus announce the end of the story of Yahya Barzaq's studio."
In his latest Instagram story, Barzaq posted a photo of a window he made from a piece of wood, followed by another video of his window before his displacement.
Burhaneddin Duran, head of the Turkish Presidency's Communications Department, announced the martyrdom of Barzak, "who covered the Israeli genocide in Gaza for TRT, in an airstrike launched by the perpetrators of the genocide."
"Yahya, whose story we witnessed in the documentary 'Gaza Remains in My Pictures,' produced by TRT World, has become etched in our memories as a courageous voice seeking the truth under occupation and oppression," Duran said.
He added: "This barbaric structure, which adds new war crimes to its list every day, will be condemned not only in the conscience of humanity, but also under international law."
Duran emphasized that "the Israeli government, through its systematic attacks on journalists, will not be able to prevent the truth from being published, nor will it be able to conceal its crimes against humanity and genocide."
He continued, "May God have mercy on our brother Yahya, and I offer my deepest condolences to his family, loved ones, and the TRT family. May God have mercy on him and grant him eternal peace."
For his part, TRT Director General Zahid Sobaci mourned Barzak in a tweet on his X account, saying: “We are deeply saddened by the martyrdom of our brother Yahya Barzak, a freelance journalist and photographer working with TRT in Gaza, in the attacks of the Zionist entity. We ask God to have mercy on him.”
Sobaji pointed out that "Israel will not be able to hide its crimes against humanity by killing journalists, and every drop of blood it has shed will be held accountable sooner or later."
Yahya Barzaq, a freelance journalist and photographer who collaborates with TRT, previously worked as a newborn photographer and was widely known before the genocide prompted him to shift his focus to documenting Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip.
Before the war, his Instagram page was filled with carefully curated photos of infants, taken in his private studio in Gaza City, but since the war began, he has begun sharing photos and videos mourning the children who were martyred.
Barzaq is one of at least 250 journalists killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, making the war one of the most violent against journalism in modern history, according to Palestinian and international observers.
Medical sources announced the deaths of at least 58 Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and a child, on Tuesday in new Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, a medical source in the Strip's hospitals reported the deaths of 39 citizens by Israeli occupation army fire since dawn on Monday, including 28 in Gaza City.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, leaving 66,097 martyrs and 168,536 wounded, most of them children and women, and a famine that has claimed the lives of 453 Palestinians, including 150 children.
