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.

    • @Doorbook@lemmy.world
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      281 year 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
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      -121 year 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.caOP
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        141 year 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
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          111 year 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.world
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          -41 year 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
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          -91 year 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.caOP
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            71 year ago

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

            • MxM111
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              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.caOP
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                61 year 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
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                  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
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        51 year 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
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          -81 year ago

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

          • Silverseren
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            71 year 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.