Journalist’s family was killed in Gaza strike, says

Al Jazeera

By Kevin Flower, Tara John and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN

3 minute read
Updated 8:02 PM EDT, Wed October 25, 2023

Al Jazeera's Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh is seen mourning the loss of his family members who were killed in a strike on October 25.
CNN

(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. The blast hit a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in
central Gaza where the family was taking shelter after being
displaced, according to the news organization.
“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.

Al-Jazeera reported Al-Dahdouh’s grandson Adam was declared dead two

hours later.

CNN cannot independently confirm the source of the blast at the house, and
Al Jazeera did not provide evidence linking it directly to an Israeli strike.
The IDF has not yet responded to CNN’s requests for comment.
An emotional Al Dahdouh was seen in a video crying as he stood over his
son’s body, wrapped in a white sheet. The distraught journalist was also
seen carrying the small body of his grandson through Al Aqsa Martyrs
Hospital in Gaza.

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.

The Al Dahdouh family were displaced from Tal El Hawa to Nuseirat refugee
camp, which they thought would be a safe place for them to stay, Al
Jazeera’s office in Ramallah told CNN.

Israel’s leadership has vowed to wipe out Hamas , the Islamist group that
controls Gaza, in response to its October 7 deadly terror attacks and
kidnap rampage in which 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed and
more than 200 taken hostage .

Its weeks-long siege on Gaza has resulted in a humanitarian crisis inside

the enclave, now cut off from the worl d by a near-total blockade, say aid
groups. Israeli airstrikes have decimated entire neighborhoods, leveling
homes, schools, and mosques.

Advocacy groups condemned the death of Al Dahdouh’s family members on

Wednesday. The International Press Institute (IPI) called it “horrifying and
outrageous news,” in a statement. “We condemn the killing of civilians and
offer our deepest condolences to Wael Dahdouh.”

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 24

journalists have died since the start of this conflict as of Wednesday.
Twenty of those killed are Palestinian, three are Israeli, and one is a
Lebanese journalist, CPJ said.

The figure includes Palestinian journalist Roshdi Sarraj, according to

Palestinian press agency WAFA, which said he was killed in an Israeli
airstrike.

Sarraj was a fixer at French national public radio broadcaster Radio France
and had been working with its correspondents since May 2021, according to
Radio France.

When CNN reached out to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for comment on
Sarraj’s death, it said on Monday that “in stark contrast to Hamas’
intentional attacks on Israeli men, women and children, the IDF follows
international law and takes feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm.”

CNN’s Mihir Melwani, Pierre Meilha and Sophie Jeong contributed to this
report.
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2. What happened to Wael Al Dahdouh’s family?
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4. How many victims are reported?
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9. … which said he was killed in an Israeli airstrike
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10. … called it “horrifying and outrageous news,…
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