CAIRO — An Israeli strike killed a Palestinian cameraman for the TV community Al Jazeera and wounded its chief Gaza correspondent Friday as they reported at a college within the south of the besieged territory, the community mentioned.
Cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa and correspondent Wael Dahdouh had gone to the varsity within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis after it was hit by a strike earlier within the day. Whereas they have been there, an Israeli drone hit the varsity with a second strike, the community mentioned.
Dahdouh was closely wounded in his arm and shoulder, whereas Abu Daqqa fell bleeding to the bottom. Talking from a hospital mattress, Dahdouh informed Al Jazeera he was capable of flee, bleeding, from the varsity and located a number of ambulance employees. He requested them to search for Abu Daqqa, however they mentioned it was too dangerous and promised one other ambulance would come for him, Dahdouh mentioned.
“He was screaming, he was calling for assist,” mentioned Dahdouh, his proper arm closely bandaged.
Later that night, Al Jazeera reported that an ambulance tried to achieve the varsity to evacuate Abu Daqqa, however it needed to flip again as a result of roads have been blocked by the rubble of destroyed homes.
Abu Daqqa continued to bleed for a number of extra hours, till a civil protection crew discovered him lifeless, the community mentioned in a press release.
Palestinian U.N. Ambassador Riyad Mansour informed a Normal Meeting assembly on the warfare that Israel “targets those that might doc (their) crimes and inform the world, the journalists.”
“We mourn a type of journalists, Samer Abu Daqqa, wounded in an Israeli drone strike and left to bleed to dying for six hours whereas ambulances have been prevented from reaching him,” Mansour mentioned.
In accordance with the Committee to Shield Journalists, Abu Daqqa is the sixty fourth journalist to be killed for the reason that battle erupted between Hamas and Israel: 57 Palestinians, 4 Israelis and three Lebanese journalists.
The 45-year-old Abu Daqqa, a Khan Younis native, joined Al Jazeera in June 2004, working as each a cameraman and an editor. He leaves behind a daughter and three sons.
The Israeli military didn’t instantly reply to an Related Press request for remark about Abu Daqqa’s dying.
The International Press Affiliation, which represents a number of hundred journalists working for worldwide information organizations together with The Related Press in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, mentioned it grieves the dying of Abu Daqqa, a longtime member.
“He’s the primary FPA member to be killed in Gaza within the warfare,” the group mentioned in a press release. “We contemplate this a grave blow to the already restricted freedom of the press in Gaza and name on the military for a immediate investigation and clarification.”
Qatari-owned Al Jazeera mentioned in a press release that it holds Israel “accountable for systematically focusing on and killing Al Jazeera journalists and their households.”
In late October, Dahdouh’s spouse, son, daughter and grandchild have been killed in a strike on the house the place they have been sheltering in central Gaza. The community on the time accused Israel of deliberately focusing on his household.
Earlier this month, a strike killed the daddy, mom and 20 different relations of one other Al Jazeera correspondent, Momen Al Sharafi.
Dahdouh is effectively referred to as the face of Palestinians throughout many wars. He’s revered in his native Gaza for telling tales of struggling and hardship to the surface world.
Israel’s air and floor assault over the previous 10 weeks has killed greater than 18,700 Palestinians, in keeping with the Well being Ministry in Gaza. The warfare broke out following Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel through which militants killed round 1,200 folks, principally civilians, and took some 240 hostage.
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Related Press journalist Edith M. Lederer on the United Nations contributed.