The eldest son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief has been killed in an Israeli strike in southern Gaza.
Hamza al-Dahdouh, an Al Jazeera network journalist and cameraman, was with other journalists on a road between Khan Younis and Rafah when a drone strike hit.
Freelance journalist Mustafa Thuraya was also killed.
Four other members of bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh’s family were also killed in October.
His wife Amna, his grandchild Adam, his 15-year-old son Mahmoud and seven-year-old daughter Sham all died in an Israeli strike.
Israel’s lies …
Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told the BBC’s World This Weekend that “Israel does not deliberately target journalists”.
“We’re the only country in the Middle East that actually does have a free press. We’re the only country in the entire region where the press can write bad things and criticise the leaders of government,” he said.
“To say Israel deliberately targets the press is ridiculous, we’re the only country that actually enshrines the free press.”
It could be true that they don’t target the press. They just happen to target every man, woman and child in the region?
Considering they killed their own hostages waving a white flag I do agree with you.
The only technical issue is that if someone wearing “press” killing them should consider targting journalist.
This is still not precise. They are targeting Hamas and other terrorist organizations, with full knowledge that they will be killing more than just them.
Journalists are being targeted tho.
As of January 6, 2024 77 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead: 70 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese.
- 16 journalists were reported injured.
- 3 journalists were reported missing.
- 21 journalists were reported arrested.
- Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members. Source
This is the deadliest conflict EVER for journalists.
Shits bad when the IDF manages to kill more people in this war than the Taliban managed in 5 years in Afghanistan.
It seems to me, according to your source, that IDF has been killing Hamas-employed journalists. Which kind of is what they said they would do… kill every member of Hamas. Whether they were really a journalist or just listed as such so as to make Israel look bad when they kill them, I don’t know.
IDF has been killing Hamas-employed journalists
Do you have proof Hamas employed journalists?
Did you read source you linked yourself?
Yes. Do you know the difference between Al Jazeera and Hamas?
Usually when journalists are covering the war, they are attached to some military group which protects them. I guess it is not an option for Hamas.
That only happens when journalists are embedded. Not all journalists covering conflicts are embedded tho.
And those are in huge risk to get killed especially if they are getting into the zone of active action. I guess due to impossibility to be embedded with Hamas, there are more non-embedded journalists in this conflict.
AFAIK the IDF doesn’t have embedded journalists either … so I’m unsure why you are focused on what Hamas isn’t doing when the IDF isn’t doing it as well.
This was a drone strike, how is it not precise? It was directly controlled and manned by the drone operator and the journalist vehicle was targeted by the drone.
You think they will know for sure exactly who is in vicinity of the target, or can never make a mistake?
They seem to be making many mistakes, frequently, always in favor of killing journalists or the family of journalists. Especially those connected to Al Jazeera.
And this was a drone strike, meaning it was targeted and controlled on what was being hit.
So the bullshit from the IDF at the end of the article is just that, bullshit.
Hamza al-Dahdouh had one million followers on Instagram.
For everyone who thinks that this might be just an accident. I don’t think so. They are deliberately targeting journalists who are critical to them.
So many coincidences…
If you ask me, no coincidence. According to source OP provided, huge number of those “journalists” were employed by Hamas and IDF said they will kill all of Hamas. Kind of what was expected to happen.
So where is the proof that they were actually Hamas? Because you just stated that you believe IDF’s propaganda? Or are all journalists critical to Israel now also designated Hamas fighters?
Sounds like Mustafa Thuria was the driver, Hamza Wael Dahdouh was in the passenger seat, and Hazem Rajab, Amer Abu Amr, and Ahmed al-Bursh were in the back seat (all three of those survived).
AFP says they were filming a house that was damaged by combat, so my guess is they were using a drone to gather footage that is close enough to the drones used by Hamas that the IDF considered it a threat to troops operating nearby.
You forgot three hamas terrorists hiding under the hood. Fuck Israel
This is the best summary I could come up with:
His wife Amna, his grandchild Adam, his 15-year-old son Mahmoud and seven-year-old daughter Sham all died in an Israeli strike.
According to Hisham Zaqout, an Al Jazeera correspondent, Hamza and a group of journalists were en route to the Moraj area northeast of Rafah - which was designated a “humanitarian zone” by the Israeli army - but which had reportedly experienced recent bombings.
It also showed his father Wael al-Dahdouh in tears, holding his hand and standing next to his body in a morgue in Khan Younis.
Wael al-Dahdouh was himself wounded and his cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa was killed in a separate strike while filming last month.
“Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of Palestinian journalists’ car,” the company said in a statement, accusing Israel of “violating the principles of freedom of the press”.
Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told the BBC’s World This Weekend that “Israel does not deliberately target journalists”.
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there is one truth: NOBODY that can take decisions cares about civilians (in general) killed. Except if it justify a “democratic intervention” of course
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