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
    407·
    10 months ago

    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.”

    • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.worldEnglish
      332·
      10 months ago

      It could be true that they don’t target the press. They just happen to target every man, woman and child in the region?

      • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
        303·
        10 months ago

        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.

      • MxM111@kbin.social
        214·
        10 months ago

        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.

        • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          163·
          10 months ago

          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.

          • VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.worldEnglish
            121·
            10 months ago

            Shits bad when the IDF manages to kill more people in this war than the Taliban managed in 5 years in Afghanistan.

          • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
            15·
            10 months ago

            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.

          • MxM111@kbin.social
            211·
            10 months ago

            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.

            • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
              81·
              10 months ago

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

              • MxM111@kbin.social
                211·
                10 months 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·
                  10 months 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·
                    10 months 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.

        • Silverseren@kbin.social
          72·
          10 months ago

          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.

          • MxM111@kbin.social
            19·
            10 months ago

            You think they will know for sure exactly who is in vicinity of the target, or can never make a mistake?

            • Silverseren@kbin.social
              92·
              10 months ago

              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.