Al Jazeera reporter Wael al-Dahdouh’s spouse and two kids within the Gaza Strip had been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday, the Doha-based tv mentioned in an announcement.
The correspondent’s spouse, son, and daughter had been killed within the strike that focused a home within the southern Gaza Strip, the Qatari broadcaster mentioned.
The household had already been displaced from their residence to the Nuseirat refugee camp in southern Gaza amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes within the strip.
“The Al Jazeera Media Network extends its sincere condolences and sympathy to our colleague Wael Al-Dahdouh on the loss of his family in an Israeli airstrike,” the Qatari community mentioned.
“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.”
According to Al Jazeera, al-Dahdouh, a correspondent of the tv’s Arabic service, was masking the Israeli airstrikes when he obtained the news of his household’s demise.
It aired a video of the correspondent whereas giving a farewell have a look at his son mendacity on the bottom of the hospital. Another clip confirmed him carrying the lifeless physique of his daughter in his arms at a hospital in Deir el-Balah within the southern Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera mentioned the household had been staying in a short lived residence after evacuating Gaza City following Israel’s warning for residents to maneuver south as its forces intensified strikes concentrating on Hamas.
“This is the safe zone the occupation (Israeli) army was talking about,” al-Dahdouh mentioned on Al Jazeera.
The media group mentioned, “their home was targeted in the Nuseirat camp in the center of Gaza, where they had sought refuge after being displaced by the initial bombardment in their neighborhood.”
“The network strongly condemns the indiscriminate targeting and killing of innocent civilians in Gaza, which has led to the loss of Wael al-Dahdouh’s family and countless others,” Al Jazeera mentioned.
“Al Jazeera is deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of our colleagues in Gaza and hold the Israeli authorities responsible for their security,” it added.
‘Tone it down’: Blinken
Meanwhile, stories from Anadolu Agency (AA) point out that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned he requested Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to “tone down Al Jazeera’s rhetoric about the war in Gaza,” in line with a report.
Blinken’s request got here Monday throughout a gathering with American Jewish neighborhood leaders, Axios reported, citing three individuals who attended.
“Blinken told American Jewish leaders on Monday that when he was in Doha on Oct. 13 he asked the Qatari government to change its public posture towards Hamas,” it mentioned.
One supply cited within the report mentioned Blinken requested the Qataris to “turn down the volume on Al Jazeera’s coverage because it is full of anti-Israel incitement.”
It mentioned Blinken “appeared to be talking about Al Jazeera Arabic, not Al Jazeera English.”
AA reached out to the U.S. State Department to ask for affirmation on the report however has not obtained a response.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry has but to touch upon the report.
The spouse and two kids of Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent within the Gaza Strip, Wael al-Dahdouh, had been killed in an Israeli airstrike Wednesday, shortly after the Axios report, in line with the Doha-based tv station.
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