Three other journalists died this Sunday in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli attack, among them Hamza al Dahdouh, one of the sons of the head of the Qatari Al Jazeera television correspondent in the Palestinian enclave, Wael al Dahdouh, who has lost a large part of his family in the bombings of Israel.
Hamza al Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya They died when the car they were traveling in was attacked during news coverage in Rafahin the south of the Palestinian enclave, confirmed the Government of Loop.
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While the photojournalist Ali Salem Abu Ajwa He was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City, in the north of the coastal enclave.
The Gazan Government, controlled by the Islamist group Hamascondemned their deaths and denounced “the failed attempt” by Israel of “obscure the truth” with attacks on journalists.
“We ask press and media unions, legal and human rights entities to condemn this crime and denounce its repetition due to the (Israeli) occupation.”, he stressed in a statement.
For its part, Hamas accused Israel of deliberately murdering the two journalists who were together, in a “war crime” with the purpose of “terrorize” to journalists to stop reporting in Gaza.
According to data from the Gazan authorities, their deaths bring the number of journalists killed in Gaza during the war to 110, which also includes influencers and intellectuals.
However, the non-governmental organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) assures that 77 reporters have died, in addition to 16 wounded, three missing and 21 detained during the coverage of this war.
“I hope God protects you“, he had written a few hours ago on social networks, addressing his son, Wael al Dahdouhwhose wife, 7-year-old daughter and another son were killed in an Israeli bombing raid on the refugee camp of Nuseirat along with 21 other people a few weeks ago.
Wael al Dahdouh was wounded and a colleague of his was killed in an Israeli drone attack a few days later while they were covering the bombing of a UN school in Jan Yunisin southern Gaza.
Videos and photographs on social networks today show the journalist crying over the death of his son Hamza next to his lifeless body.
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“It is our destiny and we must accept it“, he declared, but “the whole world must look at what is happening in Gaza”.
Israel declared war on the Hamas group last October 7after a massive attack by the Islamist group that included the launching of rockets and the simultaneous infiltration of thousands of militiamen who massacred some 1,200 people and kidnapped another 250 in towns near Gaza.
Since then, the Israeli Army has launched a strong offensive by air, land and sea in the Palestinian enclave, where there are already more than 22,800 dead and 58,400 injured, in the midst of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with the collapse of hospitals, the outbreak of epidemics and the shortage of drinking water, food, medicine and electricity.
