Roshdi Sarraj is the 19th Palestinian journalist killed since start of Israel's Gaza bombardment

Famed Palestinian filmmaker and journalist Roshdi Sarraj was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza on Sunday.

This makes him the 19th Palestinian journalist killed since Israel began its brutal and relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip just over two weeks ago.

Sarraj, 31, was killed in an Israeli strike on a house in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City. His wife and 11-month-old daughter were also injured in the strike.

Sarraj was co-founder of media company Ain Media, and he had been filming and posting live updates on the current war on Gaza via X, formerly known as Twitter. In a statement, Ain Media said: "It is with deep sorrow that we announce that today... Roshdi Sarraj, the co-founder of Ain Media, a brilliant photojournalist and filmmaker, has been brutally murdered in an Israeli airstrike that hit his home in Gaza City."

The statement also pointed to the killing of company co-founder Yaser Murtaja five years ago by Israeli forces at the Gaza border while he was covering the Great March of Return.

"Roshdi and Yaser are life; they gave voice to the people of Gaza, to their smiles, to the stories locked in fear, to hopes cherished secretly from the oppression of the Israeli occupation," Ain Media added.

Produced by Alexander Durie