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.

  • 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.