An Israeli airstrike killed the wife and two children of Wael El-Dahdouh, Al-Jazeera bureau chief in Gaza.
According to Al-Jazeera, the Israeli missile specifically targeted the family's residence. This comes a day after the U.S. asked Qatar to ‘turn down the volume on Al-Jazeera’s coverage’ of Gaza.
Wael al-Dahdouh, widely regarded as the face of Al Jazeera's Gaza coverage, was caught on camera bidding a tearful farewell to his son who was killed by the Israeli airstrike Wednesday evening. "You wanted to be a journalist," Dahdouh murmured beside his son's lifeless body. "Take revenge on us with our children?" he questioned, his voice laden with grief. "It's okay. To God we belong and to him we return."
This horrifying incident unfolded while Al-Dahdouh was reporting live on Israel's relentless assaults on the Gaza Strip. The strike occurred a mere day after US Secretary of State Tony Blinken exerted pressure on Qatar, urging them to curtail Al Jazeera's coverage of the Gaza conflict, hinting at the complex dynamics at play.
Palestinians in Gaza are still facing ongoing Israeli airstrikes, with the Palestinian health ministry reporting a staggering death toll of 6,546, including a devastating 2,704 children. As the world watches in horror, the urgent need for a resolution to this tragedy looms ever larger.
