The wife, son, and daughter of the bureau chief of Al Jazeera in Gaza Wael Al-Dahdouh were killed on Wednesday, 25 October in an Israeli airstrike. The airstrike struck the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza strip, which the family had recently fled to after their own neighborhood was bombed. Social media users shared a video of Al-Dahdouh saying his final goodbyes to his children at the hospital after they were killed. In a statement, the Qatar-based network offered its condolences to Al-Dahdouh. “The indiscriminate assault by the Israeli occupation forces resulted in the tragic loss of his wife, son and daughter, while the rest of his family is buried under the rubble,” the statement said. The statement highlighted Al Jazeera’s concern about the safety of its colleagues in Gaza. The Conflict So Far After a surprise attack conducted on 7 October by Hamas on a number of southern Israeli towns which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,405 people and more than 220 being taken hostage by Hamas, Israel launched a retaliatory bombing campaign against what it describes as ‘terrorist targets’ in the Gaza Strip. So far, more…
Family of Al Jazeera Journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh Killed in Israeli Airstrike
October 26, 2023
