Nine relatives of a CNN photojournalist were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza, the network reported Monday.

Awful news about our colleague Ibrahim Dahmans family: at least nine of his relatives have been killed, CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour wrote Monday on X , the platform formerly known as Twitter. Hes been fearlessly reporting for CNN from Gaza since well before this war began.

The conflict between Israel and militant group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, was reignited earlier this year after decades of tension. Israel says the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 killed 1,200 people, while Gaza health officials say Israels military response has killed over 15,000 Palestinians thousands of whom are children.

Dahman, a Palestinian photojournalist and producer, continued his coverage from the ground for nearly a month after Oct. 7. The 36-year-old ultimately escaped to Egypt with his wife and children. He learned about his familys losses from a group chat.

Dahman reportedly lost his uncle, the uncles wife, daughter and two grandchildren, in addition to his aunt, her husband and their two children. The airstrike on his aunts building in Beit Lahia also left two more relatives in critical condition.

They were extremely peaceful and simple people, and their entire lives were devoted solely to work and raising their sons and daughters, Dahman told CNN. They have no affiliation with any organization or group Pray to God to have mercy on them all.

Dahmans uncle had moved into the house just days prior and only relocated his family from their home in Sheik Zayed to flee intensified bombings there. Dahman, meanwhile, had renovated his childhood home three months before it was destroyed.

I will never be able to forget every stone and corner of the house in which I was born and raised and in which my children were born, he told CNN.