Jessica Omari

International Affairs Content Editor @itvnews formerly @Reuters @skynews. @wij_uk Mentor. Got a story? DM.

[UN Human Rights Palestine @OHCHR_Palestine]

"From newborns to teenagers, Palestinian children have not been spared extraordinary levels of Israeli violence... Surviving childhood should never be this difficult"

7-month-old Sam is one of 241 children killed in the West Bank by Israeli security forces and settlers since October 2023.
Over 21,000 children were killed in Gaza in the same period, including 183 verified killings of children after the ceasefire announcement in October 2025 — 48 of them in attacks that only killed children.
Read statement:
https://t.co/e720vnIARn

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

‘Another Gaza': Israel is destroying entire villages in southern Lebanon - our report from Tyre 👇
https://t.co/FIB7Sniob0

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

A rare insight into the thinking of one of Hezbollah's most senior political leaders. Hussein Hajj Hassan shared his thoughts on the ceasefire negotations, the Bibi - Trump relationship and the future of Lebanon. Our interview: https://t.co/RYmtlxw6iM

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

Oh the ravages of time

[ＬＩＧＨＴ ＨＡＣＫＥＲＳ @LightHackers]

Flashback to a headshot I took when I filmed for @5_News
@JessicaOmari was News Ed, and now flying high as International Affairs Content Editor .
We shot this in minutes between news bulletins

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

New footage obtained by B’Tselem uncovers the moments when the Abu Haikal family was shot. Seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal was killed in the shooting, and both his parents were injured. The footage clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired at the car as it was slowing to a stop. The car was far from the soldiers and posed no danger to them whatsoever.

Moments later, in another video obtained by B’Tselem, seven-month-old Sam’s father, Fahed, is seen just after his son was shot. Fahed is holding baby Sam in his arms, trying to stop the bleeding from his head with his hands, while Sam’s mother, Daniyah, who was also injured by the gunfire while holding her son, is seen sitting on the ground, next to the car.

Last Friday, 5 June, an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian family driving home from a family visit, as they sat in their car in the Tel Rumeidah neighborhood in Hebron. The family was shot as the car was slowing to a stop at the soldier’s command. Sam, a seven‑month‑old baby who was in his mother’s arms in the back seat, was struck in the head and pronounced dead shortly afterward. Sam’s parents were also injured by the gunfire; his mother is still in the hospital. After the shooting, the soldier who fired and another soldier who was with him left the scene without checking the car or offering any assistance to the critically wounded baby or to his mother.

In the past two and a half years, Israel has killed tens of thousands of children in Gaza and the West Bank. The immunity it gets from the international community has led to a reality where, under Israeli rule, Palestinian lives are entirely disposable – even a seven‑month‑old baby.

[Daniel Seidemann @DanielSeidemann]

Breaking, dangerous and of utmost importance.

We have heard from a reliable source that there is indeed a US proposal to replace/annul Jordanian custodianship over Al Aqsa/Temple Mount, corroborating a May 25 report in Mideast Eye: https://t.co/ha29YSHmXH 

We have been told that a document has been circulated proposing to replace Jordanian custodianship with that of a consortium of international/interfaith parties, including Muslim/Arab and Jewish representatives, and coming from Jared Kushner/Arieh Lightstone or those closely in their orbit. 

We have also been informed that the proposal was circulated among regional stakeholders and has encountered fierce opposition.

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

'We expect to die': We met the Lebanese volunteer medics risking their lives in the face of Israeli strikes https://t.co/Vun4Q5sHyt

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

Our wide ranging interview with Senior Hezbollah politician Hussein Hajj Hassan 👇

[ITV News @itvnews]

Both Donald Trump and Israel are jointly 'responsible' for the deaths of thousands of people in the Middle East, a senior Hezbollah politician tells ITV News' @jamesmatesitv
https://t.co/rTiQbKCf7i

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

Some of humanity’s most precious archeological and cultural sites are being destroyed by the Israeli military, watch our report from Lebanon here https://t.co/iywuh7oulp

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

Reported Israeli airstrikes around the Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre, which would be the second time the hospital has been affected in a week

[Lebanon 24 @Lebanon24]

غارة بأكثر من 4 صواريخ على محيط مستشفى جبل عامل وقصف مدفعي استهدف دير عامص
#lebanon24

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

On a plane to Lebanon and this feels apt. Original, investigative and first hand reporting is irreplaceable.

[Seamus Hughes @SeamusHughes]

“I fear we are careening toward a future with fewer and fewer journalists to do the expensive, difficult work of original reporting — going to places, talking to people, digging up information, covering important issues and events, providing context…” https://t.co/nNPZLHscXe

[Sky News @SkyNews]

An Israeli strike captured on camera has killed three paramedics in Lebanon. Just 12 hours earlier, four other medics were killed.

Sky's @AlexCrawfordSky reports

https://t.co/MTDOQ3T0vB

[Gita Gopinath @GitaGopinath]

A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.

[Rachel Bradley @RachBradleyITV]

Brilliant job going in our happy and well- functioning politics team… and the best part is you don’t need to launch a coup or have 81 backers to get it!
See here:

[Reuters @Reuters]

Seventy children have been killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since early 2025, or about one a week, according to the UN's children's agency. More than 90% were killed by Israeli forces, UNICEF said, while over 800 have been injured https://t.co/AOVS7Ssty7

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

Four years after Israel's killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the reported investigation by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation into her murder appears to have stalled.

CPJ spoke with Abu Akleh’s niece, Lina, about her family’s fight for justice. https://t.co/4olK0tTB47

#JusticeForShireen

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

Israeli Settlers have been ratcheting up their brutal attacks & killings of Palestinians in the West Bank and there continues to be a lack of accountability. This film tells the story of Aws Al Nasaan, a 14 year old boy killed outside his own school https://t.co/yNaHKVfYFr

[Jessica Omari @JessicaOmari]

Four brave Iranians took great risks to share their daily lives with us in this film. They want their voices to be heard, they want their situation to be seen. Please watch. https://t.co/t5ST7lvqKF

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

Content warning: distressing scenes of violence

Tonight Amnesty have awarded Channel 4 News @channel4news Best Broadcast Feature at the Amnesty Media Awards 2026 for this powerful report.

This feature follows the story of Saeed al-Amour, a Palestinian farmer, whose leg was amputated after being shot by illegal settlers while he tended to his olive groves in the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta.

Just four days ago, Saeed was arrested and detained by Israeli forces after another confrontation with settlers on his land.

This is what apartheid looks like. Saeed’s story is the story of millions of Palestinians across the occupied West Bank: state-backed settler attacks, home demolitions, and a legal system that penalises Palestinians while shielding Israeli settlers from accountability.

Israel is rapidly expanding settlements across the occupied West Bank. But it is going underreported.

It is vital that journalists continue to expose human rights abuses.