Two Palestinian journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. A Qatar-based media outlet criticized the attack, calling it a “targeted killing.”
The AFP reported that Hamza Wael and Mustafa Thuraya, who worked as video streamers, were killed in an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attack on the 7th (local time) while driving through the southwestern al-Mawasi region. The freelance journalist who was traveling with him reported that the freelance journalist who was traveling with him was also seriously injured.
According to Al Jazeera, they were on their way to interview civilians who had become refugees from previous Israeli bombings. Al Mawashi, which was attacked, was in a relatively safe area.
Witnesses said two rockets were fired at the car carrying the journalists, one hitting the front of the car and the other hitting Hamza, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
Gaza’s Health Ministry confirmed the identities of the victims and condemned the Israeli airstrikes. Among the dead, Hamza Wael was identified as the eldest son of Al Jazeera’s director in Gaza, Wael Dadou.
At his son’s grave, Director Dadu said calmly: “Hamza was my eldest son, my everything and the soul of my soul. These are tears of separation and loss, and tears of love for humanity” .
Al Jazeera described Dadou as “resigned”, having lost his wife, son, daughter and grandson in an Israeli airstrike in late October.
Director Dadou pledged to continue his journey of informing the world about what is happening in the Gaza Strip, despite the pain of subsequent losses. “The world must see with (its) eyes, not with the eyes of Israel,” he said. “We must see everything that happens to the Palestinian people,” he said.
Al Jazeera released a statement condemning Israel for “violating the principles of press freedom” by targeting journalists. Phil Chetwynd, AFP’s global news director, said: “We strongly condemn any attacks on journalists doing their jobs and there must be a clear explanation of what happened.” Reporters Without Borders condemned it as an “endless massacre”.
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken, who is touring the Middle East, heard this news and said the deaths of the journalists were “an unimaginable tragedy”. “Too many innocent Palestinian women, men and children have done the same,” he added.
The Israeli military said: “We conducted an airstrike on the terrorist who was flying the plane that posed a threat to the IDF,” and said they had seen reports that two other suspects were traveling in the same vehicle as the terrorist in that moment. of the air attack were attacked.
Since the war between the Palestinian armed faction Hamas and Israel began on October 7, at least 79 journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip. Under international humanitarian law, attacks on journalists, like attacks on civilians, are considered war crimes.
(Seoul = News 1)
2024-01-08 06:13:00
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