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Al Jazeera, AFP journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al Jazeera, were killed while they were travelling in a car.

Gaza: Two journalists, including son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh, were killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in Gaza on Sunday, the media reported.

The deceased were Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP news agency and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al Jazeera television network.

They were killed when the car they were travelling in was hit by Israeli missile, according to Al Jazeera.

Wael al-Dahdouh, who is considered the face of Al Jazeera’s Gaza coverage by many across the Arab world, lost his wife, daughter, another son and a grandson after they were killed by an Israeli air strike in October, 2023.

In December, 2023, Wael was wounded by an Israeli strike that killed his colleague Samer Abudaqa.

This post was last modified on January 7, 2024 6:30 pm

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