Wafa Ali Al-Udaini (1985 – 29 September 2024) was a Palestinian freelance journalist. In 2024, she was killed in an airstrike at her home in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip during the Gaza war.
Biography.
Wafa Al-Udaini was born in Deir Al- Balah in 1985. She attended Al Aqsa University where she majored in English, with the intention of becoming a teacher and translator.
Journalism career.
After graduation, Al-Udaini started a career in journalism, reporting from Gaza first in 2008. In 2009, she started the media group 16 October, where she mentored young Gazan media professionals.
In 2018, Al-Udaini began reporting for the Palestine Chronicle. Al-Udaini reported on the conditions in Gaza and worked with several English-speaking news outlets, including "The Guardian" and "Middle East Monitor".
In August 2024, Al-Udaini reported on the deaths of her journalist colleagues in Gaza, recounting how their press affiliations did not protect them from violence in Gaza.
Death.
On 29 September 2024, Al-Udaini was killed alongside her husband and two of her children in an Israeli airstrike on Deir Al-Balah. She became the 174th journalist to die reporting in Gaza since October 2023.