Hamza al-Dahdouh was with other journalists when a reported strike hit a road between Khan Younis and Rafah.

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.

  • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    81·
    1 year ago

    That only happens when journalists are embedded. Not all journalists covering conflicts are embedded tho.

    • MxM111@kbin.social
      211·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • MxM111@kbin.social
          15·
          1 year ago

          Interesting, I did not know that. I guess Israeli journalists would not go to Gaza across the conflict line. And it is arguably safer right now on Israeli side.