An Israeli air strike, near the house of Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza, killed two journalists who were reporting on the Hamas leader’s assassination in Iran.
Ismail al-Ghoul, a journalist for Al Jazeera Arabic, and cameraman Rami al-Refee died in the strike near the Aidia area west of Gaza City.
Al Jazeera Arabic’s Managing Editor, Mohamed Moawad, confirmed their deaths on social media.
“Without Ismail, the world would not have seen the devastating images of these massacres,” Moawad wrote on X.
He added that Ismail “relentlessly covered the events and delivered the reality of Gaza to the world through Al Jazeera”.
“His voice has now been silenced, and there is no longer a need to call out to the world.
“Ismail fulfilled his mission to his people and his homeland. Shame on those who have failed the civilians, journalists and humanity.”
Israeli strike killed Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday. The killing came, hours after he attended the swearing-in of Iran’s new President, Masoud Pezeshkian.
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This is the second high-profile Israeli assassination within hours, following a strike in Beirut that reportedly killed senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.
The situation is heightening fears that the region is sliding towards a full-blown war.
Israel has killed over 160 journalists in Gaza since the beginning of the war in 2023, according to Palestinian officials.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said the war in Gaza was “the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992”.
More than 39,000 Palestinians have died since Israel’s war on Gaza started, according to the Palestinian health ministry. (Middle East Eye)
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