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Al Jazeera cameraman killed on duty, Bureau Chief injured in Southern Gaza attack


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Relatives and colleagues mourning the killed Al Jazeera cameraman. Photo: Shutterstock

An Al Jazeera cameraman was killed and the network’s Arabic-language Gaza Strip bureau chief was wounded on Friday during an attack in southern Gaza, Al Jazeera said, the latest in a long string of journalist casualties in the war.


The cameraman, Samer Abu Daqqa, and Wael al-Dahdouh, the bureau chief, were covering the aftermath of airstrikes at a U.N. school-turned-shelter in Khan Younis when both were wounded, the network said. Mr. al-Dahdouh told Al Jazeera that he was able to walk out of the area and seek help. Mr Abu Daqqa bled to death from his injuries, as emergency medical help was unable to reach him, the network said.


Mr Abu Daqqa, 45, was the 13th Al Jazeera journalist killed since the network opened in 1996, according to Al Jazeera.


His funeral was held in Khan Younis on Saturday. Al Jazeera televised part of his funeral, where Mr. al-Dahdouh spoke alongside dozens of other colleagues, and family members. Fellow journalists, including Mr. al-Dahdouh, wept in anguish, some caressing the cameraman’s bloodied face. His press flak jacket and blue helmet rested atop his shrouded body. Mr. al-Dahdouh accused Israeli forces of targeting dozens of journalists, their offices and their families. “We will continue to do our duty with the best professionalism and transparency,” despite the targeting of journalists, he said. “We will carry our message.”



The Israeli military said that it “has never, and will never, deliberately target journalists,” and it takes “operationally feasible measures” to protect civilians and journalists. Khan Younis is one of three areas that Israel has said it is targeting in its battle to eradicate Hamas from Gaza.


In October, Mr. al-Dahdouh’s wife, son, daughter and infant grandson were killed at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, where they had been sheltering.


Mohamed Moawad, Al Jazeera’s managing editor, described Mr. Abu Daqqa as “a compassionate soul” whose photography “captured the raw and unfiltered reality and life in Gaza.”


“In the pursuit of truth, our cameraman faced immense risks to bring viewers a deeper understanding of the human experience in Gaza,” he said in a post on social media. “His lens became a window into the lives of those affected by conflict, shedding light on stories that needed to be told.”


According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit organization based in New York that defends the rights of journalists around the world, 64 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since the war between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7, more than in any other similar period since the group started collecting data in 1992.


The C.P.J. defines journalists as “people who cover news or comment on public affairs through print, digital, broadcast media and other means,” and media workers as essential support staff, including translators, drivers and fixers. The group has said it does not include people in its tallies if there is evidence of their “acting on behalf of militant groups or serving in a military capacity at the time of their deaths.”


According to the C.P.J.’s data, some of the 64 killed in Gaza were freelancers and did not work for traditional news outlets, and its website noted that it was unclear whether all of them were covering the conflict at the time of their deaths. Israel and Egypt have largely prevented international journalists from entering the enclave since the conflict began; Hamas, which controls Gaza, has long restricted what the news media there can cover.


Carlos Martínez de la Serna, C.P.J.’s program director, said the organization was concerned about “the pattern of attacks on Al Jazeera journalists and their families.”


In a statement, Al Jazeera blamed Israel for Friday’s attack in Khan Younis and for “systematically targeting and killing Al Jazeera journalists and their families.” It urged “the international community, media freedom organizations, and the International Criminal Court to take immediate action to hold the Israeli government and military accountable.”


John Kirby, a White House spokesman, said he was not aware of any evidence that Israel was intentionally targeting journalists, who he said must be protected.



“It’s never acceptable to deliberately target them, as they do such vital, dangerous, dangerous work,” he said, adding, “That’s a principle that we’re going to continue to abide by.”


International watchdogs have said that an Israeli strike on Oct. 13 that killed a videographer for the Reuters news agency and injured six other journalists was a targeted attack carried out by the Israeli military. Earlier this year, a C.P.J. report found that no one had been held accountable for nearly 20 journalists killed by the Israeli military since 2001.


Source: New York Times



半島電視台攝影師在加薩南部攻擊中喪生,分社社長受傷



半島電視台稱,週五在加薩南部的一次襲擊中,半島電視台一名攝影師被殺,該網絡的阿拉伯語加沙地帶分社社長受傷,這是戰爭中一系列記者傷亡中的最新一起。


電視台稱,攝影師薩米爾·阿布·達卡(Samer Abu Daqqa) 和分社社長瓦爾·達赫杜(Wael al-Dahdouh) 正在報道汗尤尼斯(Khan Younis) 聯合國學校改建的避難所遭受空襲的後果,兩人均受傷。 達杜赫先生告訴半島電視台,他能夠走出該地區並尋求幫助。 該網絡稱,阿布·達卡因傷重失血過多而死亡,因為緊急醫療救助無法到達他身邊。


根據半島電視台報道,45 歲的阿布達卡 (Abu Daqqa) 是半島電視台自 1996 年開通以來第 13 名被殺害的記者。



他的葬禮於週六在汗尤尼斯舉行。 半島電視台對他的葬禮進行了電視轉播,達杜赫與其他數十名同事和家人一起發表了講話。 包括達杜赫在內的記者同事們痛苦地哭泣,有些人撫摸著攝影師血跡斑斑的臉。 他的防彈夾克和藍色頭盔放在他被遮蓋的身體上。 達杜赫指責以色列軍隊以數十名記者、他們的辦公室及其家人為目標。 他說,儘管記者成為攻擊目標,但「我們將繼續以最好的專業和透明度履行我們的職責」。 “我們將傳達我們的訊息。”


以色列軍方表示,它“從來沒有、也永遠不會故意針對記者”,並採取“行動上可行的措施”來保護平民和記者。 汗尤尼斯是以色列表示要在加薩剷除哈馬斯的三個目標地區之一。


10 月,達杜赫先生的妻子、兒子、女兒和年幼的孫子在加薩中部的努塞拉特難民營被殺害,他們一直在那裡避難。


半島電視台總編輯穆罕默德·莫阿瓦德 (Mohamed Moawad) 將阿布·達卡先生描述為“富有同情心的靈魂”,他的攝影“捕捉了加沙原始且未經過濾的現實和生活”。


他在社交媒體上發文說: “為了追求真相,我們的攝影師面臨著巨大的風險,無法讓觀眾更深入地了解加薩的人類經歷。” “他的鏡頭成為了解受衝突影響的人們生活的一扇窗戶,揭示了需要講述的故事。”


據總部位於紐約、捍衛世界各地記者權利的非營利組織保護記者委員會稱,自以色列和哈馬斯之間的戰爭於10 月7 日開始以來,已有64 名記者和媒體工作者在加薩被殺,超過自該小組 1992 年開始收集數據以來的任何其他類似時期。


C.P.J. 將記者定義為“透過印刷、數位、廣播媒體和其他方式報道新聞或評論公共事務的人”,將媒體工作者定義為重要的支援人員,包括翻譯、司機和修理工。 該組織表示,如果有證據表明這些人“在死亡時代表激進組織行事或以軍事身份服役”,則不會將其納入統計範圍。


根據保護記者協會的數據,在加薩遇難的 64 人中有一些是自由職業者,並不為傳統新聞媒體工作,其網站指出,尚不清楚他們在死亡時是否都在報道衝突。 自衝突開始以來,以色列和埃及基本上禁止國際記者進入這片飛地。 控制加薩的哈馬斯長期以來一直限制當地新聞媒體的報導內容。


C.P.J. 計畫主管 Carlos Martínez de la Serna 表示,該組織對「半島電視台記者及其家人遭受的攻擊模式」感到擔憂。


半島電視台在一份聲明中指責以色列週五對汗尤尼斯發動襲擊,並「系統性地針對和殺害半島電視台記者及其家人」。 它敦促“國際社會、媒體自由組織和國際刑事法院立即採取行動,追究以色列政府和軍方的責任。”



白宮發言人約翰柯比表示,他不知道有任何證據顯示以色列故意針對記者,他說記者必須受到保護。


他說: “故意針對他們是絕對不能接受的,因為他們從事著如此重要、危險、危險的工作,這是我們將繼續遵守的原則。”


國際監督機構表示,以色列 10 月 13 日發動的襲擊造成路透社一名攝影師死亡、另外六名記者受傷,這是以色列軍方發動的有針對性的襲擊。 今年早些時候,一名 C.P.J. 報告發現,自 2001 年以來,沒有人對以色列軍方殺害的近 20 名記者負責。



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