Mishaal Ayman Nazmi Shahwan (مشعل أيمن نظمي شهوان)

• Death: Mishaal Ayman Nazmi Shahwan (مشعل أيمن نظمي شهوان) was killed on December 16, 2023, in central Khan Younis, reportedly when an Israeli airstrike struck a gathering in the area.
  
• Journalistic Association: Following Mishaal Shahwan’s death, the Hamas-run Government Media Office in Gaza formally recognized him as a journalist casualty, and his profile is documented by so-called “genocide trackers” and journalism watchdogs, including the Institute for Palestine Studies’ Shireen Abu Akleh platform.
• Militant Affiliation: Mishaal Ayman Shahwan was documented as a militant or combat fighter. In a video tribute titled “Our Martyrs… on the Path to Victory and Liberation,” he is seen practicing shooting with a rifle. He was also pictured with Tamim Muhammad Abu Maarouf (تميم محمد أبو معروف), a field commander in the Companion Osama bin Zaid Battalion (Southern) of the Khan Yunis Brigade, while wearing a tactical vest and carrying a rifle.

Note 1: We found no evidence that Mishaal Ayman Shahwan was working as a journalist at the time of his death.

Note 2: In mid-December 2022, marking the thirty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which they officially commemorated under the slogan “A Roaring Flood Towards Jerusalem”, Mishaal Ayman Shahwan posted on Facebook: “We will not be killed alone, nor will we be imprisoned alone. Towards liberation, we come in a roaring flood. #Hamas_35”.