A Palestine TV correspondent and 11 members of his family were killed Thursday in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Authority-run television network, in what it described as an Israeli airstrike. <\/p>\n
Mohammad Abu Hattab had been reporting live on-air Thursday night outside of Nasser hospital in Gaza; thirty minutes later, when he had returned home,\u00a0the correspondent was killed, his network reported. News agency WAFA also reported his death and that of his family. <\/p>\n
Hattab\u2019s death sent shockwaves through his newsroom, with Palestine TV journalist Salman Al Bashir making an emotional on-air report that reduced a television anchor to tears. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t bear this anymore. We are exhausted, we are here victims and martyrs awaiting our deaths, we are dying one after the other and no one cares about us or the large scale catastrophe and the crime in Gaza,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo protection, no international protection at all, no immunity to anything, this protection gear does not protect us and not those helmets,\u201d Al Bashir continued, as he removed his own helmet and protective vest, which had \u201cPRESS\u201d inscribed in bright letters. <\/p>\n
\u201cThese are just slogans that we are wearing, it doesn\u2019t protect any journalist at all,\u201d he said, his voice cracking. <\/p>\n
Al Bashir also said Israel\u2019s weeks-long bombardment of the enclave had become unbearable for Palestinians in Gaza.\u00a0\u201cLive on air, we lose souls one after the other, without any price, we pass as martyrs, we await our turn one after the other,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur colleague Mohammad Abu Hattab was standing here only 30 minutes ago, and now he left us, along with his wife, his brother, and many members of his family are now victims here inside the hospital.\u201d <\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s aerial attacks on the isolated territory, which it says target Hamas militants and infrastructure, have killed at least 9,025 people and injured over 22,000, according to the latest figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah, drawn from sources in the Hamas-controlled enclave. <\/p>\n
The strikes began after Hamas militants rampaged through Israel on October 7, killing more than 1,400 Israelis and capturing over 220 hostages. Israeli warplanes have since hit large residential areas, schools, and hospitals in Gaza, sparking outcry in the region and beyond. <\/p>\n
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has repeatedly told Gazans to move to the south of the enclave, but that area has also been pummeled with deadly strikes. Humanitarian groups say nowhere is safe to flee in Gaza. <\/p>\n
Hattab\u2019s last on-air report was about Israeli airstrikes on neighborhoods in the southern city of Khan Younis and the number of casualties, according to a Palestine TV video. <\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s war with Hamas, which controls Gaza, has been the most deadly for journalists in decades, according to the Committee to Protect\u00a0Journalists (CPJ). At least 33\u00a0journalists\u00a0have been\u00a0killed since October,\u00a0the journalist advocacy organization said Thursday, including 28 Palestinians, four Israelis and one Lebanese citizen. <\/p>\n
Last week, Al Jazeera\u2019s Gaza bureau chief\u00a0returned to air less than 24 hours after his family was killed in what the television network said was an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n
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