Hamza al-Dahdouh was with other journalists when a reported strike hit a road between Khan Younis and Rafah.

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.

  • MxM111@kbin.social
    211·
    8 months 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.caOPEnglish
      81·
      8 months ago

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

      • MxM111@kbin.social
        211·
        8 months ago

        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.caOPEnglish
          71·
          8 months 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@kbin.social
            15·
            8 months ago

            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.