According to Al Jazeera, their Gaza bureau chief, Wael Al Dahdouh, tragically lost his wife, son, daughter, and grandson in an Israeli airstrike that occurred on Wednesday.
The explosion targeted a residence in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in central Gaza, where the family sought refuge following their displacement.
“Members of the family of our colleague Wael Al Dahdouh, including his wife, son, and daughter, were martyred in an Israeli bombing,” Al Jazeera wrote in an on-air message.
Al Jazeera said that Al-Dahdouh’s grandson, Adam, was declared dead two hours later.
According to CNN, Al Jazeera anchor Abdisalam Farah, while on air, struggled visibly to maintain composure and shed tears as he announced the deaths.
The Al Dahdouh family had been displaced from Tal El Hawa to the Nuseirat refugee camp, where they believed they would be safe.
Various advocacy groups expressed their condemnation of the loss of Al Dahdouh’s family members on Wednesday.
The International Press Institute (IPI) issued a statement describing it as “horrifying and outrageous news” and extended their deepest condolences to Wael Dahdouh.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), there have been at least 24 journalists who lost their lives since the commencement of this conflict, as of Wednesday. Among these, twenty were Palestinian, three were Israeli, and one was a Lebanese journalist, as per CPJ’s report.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/al-jazeeras-gaza-bureau-chief-loses-family-in-airstrike/articleshow/104711235.cms
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