Prominent Al Jazeera Journalist Among Those Killed in IDF Strike
Report: IDF Kills Al Jazeera Journalist — Who Was Riding with Hamas Drone Operator
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday that an Al Jazeera journalist and another reporter who were killed in an airstrike in Gaza on Sunday were riding in a vehicle with a Hamas terrorist who was a drone operator.
Al Jazeera’s role in covering the war has been under scrutiny, as it airs anti-Israel propaganda — and cuts off Palestinians who complain (much to the surprise of Al Jazeera reporters) about Hamas.
In Washington, DC, the Al Jazeera White House correspondent routinely challenges Biden administration policy on Israel.
Al Jazeera bureau chief's son Hamza al-Dahdouh among journalists killed in Gaza
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 driving in a car with other journalists along a road between Khan Younis and Rafah on Sunday when it was hit.
Freelance journalist Mustafa Thuraya was also killed. A third journalist, Hazem Rajab, was seriously injured.
Four other members of bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh's family have been killed.
An Al Jazeera journalist is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza
An apparent Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza on Sunday, including an Al Jazeera journalist who lost four close relatives earlier in the war.
Hamza Dahdouh is the son of veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh, whose wife, two other children and a grandson were killed by a previous Israeli strike.