TRT World has conveyed its deepest condolences to its Gaza correspondent, Ashraf Shannon, after an Israeli air strike killed his brother and caused significant damage to his family home.
The strike late on Friday, which Israel said targeted Hamas military chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, killed Shannon’s brother as part of what has become a devastating pattern of aerial bombardment across the besieged territory, where civilian casualties have mounted relentlessly even after a truce in October 2025.
Shortly after the strike, Shannon, in his report on TRT World, said that his brother, along with several other Palestinians, was wounded.
Shannon said his brother, who was 45 years old and had Down syndrome, sustained shrapnel wounds to his thigh and abdomen before being rushed to al-Shifa Hospital.
On Saturday, TRT World correspondent Abdalwahab Hamad confirmed that he had succumbed to his injuries.
