Al Jazeera journalist back reporting live from Gaza day after burying son killed in Israeli air strike
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An Al Jazeera reporter covering Israel’s war against Hamas from Gaza was back on air a day after burying his 27-year-old son who was reportedly killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday. Hamza Al-Dahdouh, a Palestinian journalist, died alongside colleague Mustafa Thuraya following an air strike from the Israeli Defence Forces on a car near Rafah in southern Gaza, according to health officials in Gaza and the journalists’ union there. Family and friends including Al Jazeera reporter, Wael Al-Dahdouh bid farewell to the bodies of journalists Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya on 7 January 2024 A statement from the Israeli military said that "an IDF aircraft identified and struck a terrorist who operated an aircraft that posed a threat to IDF troops". In a statement on 16 December, in response to the death of another Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza, the Israeli army, said "the IDF has never, and will never, deliberately target journalists".