'What is my family's fault?' Gaza journalist loses another son

By Editorji News Desk
Published on | Jan 08, 2024

Another journalist dead

As per Al Jazeera two Palestinian journalists, Hamza Wael Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuria, were killed in an Israeli strike on their car in Gaza.

Wael al-Dahdouh loses another family member

After losing his wife and two other children, Al Jazeera's Gaza bureau chief lost one more son - Hamza Wael Dahdouh in the strike.

Committed to the cause

After his son's burial, Dahdouh said that journalists in Gaza would keep doing their job as world needs to see what is happening in war-strick region.

'What did my family do?'

'The world should see with two eyes, not with an Israeli eye. They should see everything happening to the Palestinian people,' Dahdouh said.

What happened?

While acknowledging the casualties, Israeli army said it 'struck a terrorist who operated an aircraft that posed a threat to IDF troops'

How did it happen?

Duo was out to finish the filming of the aftermath of a strike on a house in Rafah and their car was hit while they were on their way back.

Witnesses say

2 rockets were fired at the car - one hit the front of the vehicle and the other hit Hamza who was sitting next to the driver.

Journalist injured

A third journalist, Hazem Rajab, was seriously injured in the attack, and the Israeli army acknowledges hitting others in the vehicle.

Continued strife in Gaza

Incident adds to toll of journos in Israel-Hamas war, Committee to Protect Journalists reports at least 79 killed since war began on Oct 7.