Al Jazeera reported that an Al Jazeera cameraman was killed and the network’s Arabic-language Gaza Strip bureau chief was wounded on Friday during an attack in southern Gaza, the latest in a long string of journalist casualties in the war.
Covering the aftermath of airstrikes at a UN school-turned-shelter in Khan Younis, the cameraman, Samer Abu Daqqa, and Wael al-Dahdouh, the bureau chief, were both wounded, the network said. Mr. al-Dahdouh was able to walk out of the area and seek help, but Mr. Abu Daqqa died from his injuries, according to Al Jazeera.
In October, Mr. al-Dahdouh’s wife, son, daughter and infant grandson were killed at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, where they had been sheltering.
Al Jazeera’s managing editor, Mohamed Moawad, described Mr. Abu Daqqa as “a compassionate soul” whose photography “captured the raw and unfiltered reality and life in Gaza.”
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 64 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since the war between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7, more than in any other similar period of time since the group started collecting data in 1992.
According to the CPJ, the 64 killed in Gaza also include freelancers and did not work for traditional news outlets. The group has said it does not include people in its tallies if there is evidence of their “acting on behalf of militant groups or serving in a military capacity at the time of their deaths.”
Hamas, which controls Gaza, has long restricted what the news media there can cover. Carlos Martínez de la Serna, CPJ’s program director, said the organization was concerned about “the pattern of attacks on Al Jazeera journalists and their families.”
In a statement, Al Jazeera blamed Israel for Friday’s attack in Khan Younis and urged “the international community, media freedom organizations, and the International Criminal Court to take immediate action to hold the Israeli government and military accountable.”
Khan Younis is one of three areas that Israel has said it is targeting in its battle to eradicate Hamas from Gaza.
John Kirby, a White House spokesman, said he was not aware of any evidence that Israel was intentionally targeting journalists, who he said must be protected.
International watchdogs have said that an Israeli strike on Oct. 13 that killed a videographer for the Reuters news agency and injured six other journalists was a targeted attack carried out by the Israeli military.
Katie Rogers contributed reporting.