Doha: Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of Palestinian journalists’ car in Northern Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing journalists Hamza AlDahdooh and Mustafa Thuraya, Al Jazeera Crew, and seriously injuring fellow journalist Hazem Rajab.

“The assassination of Mustafa and Hamza, Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Al-Dahdoh’s son, whilst they were on their way to carry out their duty in the Gaza Strip, reaffirms the need to take immediate necessary legal measures against the occupation forces to ensure that there is no impunity,” the Al Jazeera Network said in a statement on Sunday.

According to the statement, “the Israeli occupation forces have systematically targeted our colleague Wael AlDahdoh and his family, killing his wife, son, daughter, and grandson in November 2023. Wael and his colleague, the late Samer Abu Daqqa, cameraman, were also targeted in December 2023.”

“The assassination of his son Hamza in January 2024 confirms without a doubt the Is
raeli forces’ determination to continue these brutal attacks against journalists and their families, aiming to discourage them from performing their mission, violate the principles of freedom of the press, and undermine the right to life,” the statement added.

While Al Jazeera condemns, in the strongest terms, the ongoing crimes committed by Israeli occupation forces against journalists and media professionals in Gaza, it stresses that this alarming trend requires immediate attention and action from the international community, according to the statement.

“We urge the International Criminal Court, governments, human rights organisations, and the United Nations to hold Israel accountable for its heinous crimes and demand an end to the targeting and killing of journalists,” the statement concluded.

Source: Jordan News Agency