Palestinian Territory – Disturbing testimonies documented by Euro-Med Monitor indicate that the Israeli army killed a young civilian in the Gaza Strip for refusing to cooperate with the Israeli intelligence service.

The Israeli army directly targeted Mohammed Iyad Tabasi on Tuesday morning (6 May 2025). Tabasi, a 24-year-old sanitary worker at a field hospital in the central Gaza town of Az-Zawayda, was targeted with a drone strike near the displacement camp where he was staying. According to the victim’s family, for nearly a month before his targeting, Israeli intelligence contacted Tabasi several times, requesting that he cooperate with them.

“[Tuesday] morning, around 11:00 am, Mohammed asked his sister to prepare breakfast,” Tabasi’s family member added. “When she returned with the food, Mohammed received a call, left the tent, and said he would be back after the call. Apparently, he was targeted for refusing to cooperate.”

“I saw Mohammed walking in front of me toward a dune opposite the camp while talking on the phone,” said a neighbour from the displacement camp. “About two minutes after he reached the top of the dune, we heard a bomb hit the area, followed by a loud explosion. When we left the tent, we saw smoke rising from the dune, so we rushed over. There, we found Mohammed lying on the sand, his lower body in pieces, and his phone shattered and burned.”