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☆ Israeli tank 'likely' opened fire on reporters with a heavy machine gun, says report
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A UN investigation found that an Israeli tank deliberately targeted identifiable journalists. AdvertisementA UN inquiry found that an Israeli tank killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in southern Lebanon on October 13, 2023. A second report commissioned by Reuters affirmed that the Israeli tank crew "likely" opened machine gun fire on the journalists. AdvertisementThe report states, "It is considered a likely scenario that a Merkava tank, after firing two tank rounds, also used its machine gun against the location of the journalists." While some journalists like Abdallah were directly targeted, many of the slain media professionals were killed during Israeli bombardments.

Persons: Issam Abdallah, —, Abdallah, O'Brien, Israel, Al, Wael Al, Hamza Al, Mustafa Thuraya, Hamza, Dahdouh, Ahmad Hasaballah, RSF, Hamza al, Khan Younis, Wael Organizations: UN, Amnesty International, Service, Israel Defense Forces, Hezbollah, Reuters, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty, Rights Watch, Al, BI, Ministry of Defense, Protect Journalists, International Criminal Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Al Jazeera, Israeli, Khiam, Al Jazeera Gaza, Rafah, Gaza, Al Jazeera's Gaza

☆ Family of Al Jazeera Gaza journalist, Wael Al-Dahdouh, killed in Gaza strike, says broadcaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Kevin Flower | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Al Jazeera said its bureau chief in Gaza, Wael Al Dahdouh, lost his wife, son, daughter, and grandson in what it said was an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday. “Members of the family of our colleague Wael Al Dahdouh, including his wife, son, and daughter, were martyred in an Israeli bombing,” Al Jazeera wrote in an on-air message. An emotional Al Dahdouh was seen in a video crying as he stood over his son’s body, wrapped in a white sheet. His son Mahmoud was 15 years old, and his daughter Sham was seven years old, Al Jazeera reported. Al Jazeera anchor Abdisalam Farah announced the deaths on air, visibly struggling to keep his composure and tearing up.

Persons: CNN — Al Jazeera, Wael Al Dahdouh, ” Al Jazeera, Al, Adam, Al Jazeera, Al Dahdouh, Mahmoud, Sham, Abdisalam Farah, Tal El Hawa, Al Dahdouh’s, “, Wael Dahdouh, CPJ, Roshdi Sarraj, Melwani, Pierre Meilha, Sophie Jeong Organizations: CNN, IDF, Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Palestinian Ministry of Health, International Press Institute, Protect Journalists, French, Radio France, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israeli, Al, Al Aqsa, Al Jazeera, Tal, Ramallah, Gaza City, Zahra, Lebanese

Late Wednesday, Al Jazeera replayed the moment Dahdouh was informed about the deaths. Throughout the war, Dahdouh has remained in Gaza City, despite Israeli calls for residents to head south ahead of an expected ground offensive. But Israeli strikes have continued to pound these areas, which are suffering dire shortages of water, medicine and fuel under an Israeli siege. In a statement, Al Jazeera said Dahdouh’s family “home was targeted” in an “indiscriminate assault by the Israeli occupation.”The Israeli army had no immediate comment. Al Jazeera is a Qatari state-owned media network, and is deeply critical of Israel, particularly its treatment of Palestinians.

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