Journalist Amna Homaid and her eleven-year-old son were brutally killed after targeted incitement by Israeli media. International condolences followed initially, but no investigation or accountability was pursued. Mourning shifted to blaming the victim for pursuing journalism in a territory excluded from international law. Similar patterns repeat: recent killings of journalists in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and earlier assassinations went briefly viral before being forgotten. Protected civilians sheltering in medical facilities were killed despite special protections under humanitarian law. No state or international institution has sought accountability, and claims of mistakes by perpetrators go uninvestigated. Calls demand action rather than condolences.
A year ago, my dear friend and relative, journalist Amna Homaid, was brutally killed, along with her eldest child, Mahdi, 11. She was targeted following incitement against her by Israeli media. I still remember the flood of grief and condolences that poured in, keeping the family occupied for the first days following her murder. International media reached out to Amna's husband with condolences. Articles about her murder and the incitement that preceded it circulated widely.
Meanwhile, people mourning her were staggering between grief, pride, and blame. Blame directed not at Israel that killed her, nor at the world that allowed the killing, but at Amna's decision to choose the deadly path of journalism in a country excluded from international law. The grief eventually faded. Amna was gradually forgotten, and no institution, no government ever sought an investigation into her murder.
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