Al Jazeera said its\u00a0bureau chief\u00a0in 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\u00a0where the family was taking shelter after being displaced,\u00a0according to the news organization. <\/p>\n
\u201cMembers of the family of our colleague Wael Al Dahdouh, including his wife, son, and daughter, were martyred in an Israeli bombing,\u201d Al Jazeera wrote in an on-air message. <\/p>\n
An emotional Al Dahdouh was seen in a video crying as he stood over his son\u2019s body, wrapped in a white sheet. The distraught journalist was also seen carrying the small body of his grandson through\u00a0Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital\u00a0in Gaza. <\/p>\n
Al Jazeera anchor\u00a0Abdisalam Farah\u00a0announced the deaths on air, visibly struggling to keep his composure and tearing up. <\/p>\n
Al-Dahdouh\u2019s wife, son Mahmoud, and daughter Sham were killed in the strike, Al Jazeera said. Al-Jazeera\u00a0reported\u00a0that his grandson, Adam, was declared dead two hours later. <\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s leadership has vowed to wipe out\u00a0Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza,\u00a0in response to its October 7 deadly terror attacks and kidnap rampage in which 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed and more than 200\u00a0taken hostage. <\/p>\n
Its weeks-long siege on Gaza has resulted in a humanitarian crisis inside the enclave,\u00a0now cut off from the world by a near-total blockade, say aid groups. Israeli airstrikes have decimated entire neighborhoods, leveling homes, schools, and mosques. <\/p>\n
More than 6,400 people have been killed and a further 17,000 injured in Israel\u2019s sustained aerial bombardment of the crowded enclave, according to latest figures from the Hamas-controlled health authorities in Gaza published by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah. <\/p>\n
Advocacy groups condemned the death of Al Dahdouh\u2019s\u00a0family members on Wednesday. The International Press Institute (IPI) called it \u201chorrifying and outrageous news,\u201d in a statement. \u201cWe condemn the killing of civilians and offer our deepest condolences to Wael Dahdouh.\u201d <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
The figure includes Palestinian\u00a0journalist Roshdi Sarraj, according to Palestinian press agency WAFA, which said he was killed in an Israeli airstrike. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n\n
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