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A video clip showed the moment Palestinian Civil Defense members handed over equipment to our colleague, the martyr Samer Abu Daqqa, a photographer Al JazeeraWhich was found where he was targeted.
The equipment includes Abu Daqqa’s helmet, his journalistic shield, and Al Jazeera’s microphone.
A video shows the delivery of the equipment of the martyr colleague Samer Abu Daqqa, which was found at the place where he was targeted#Gaza_War #video pic.twitter.com/0ThnFI41jN
– Al Jazeera Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) December 15, 2023
Our colleague Samer Abu Daqqa, a cameraman for Al Jazeera, was martyred yesterday, Friday, while covering the Israeli bombing of Farhana School in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
For about 6 hours after his injury, the martyred colleague remained lying on the ground, bleeding and trapped in the vicinity of Farhana School, and the ambulance was unable to reach him due to his wounds as a result of fragments of a missile fired by an Israeli reconnaissance plane.
A colleague was also injured in that attack Wael Al-Dahdouh During coverage of an Israeli bombing of the school, amid appeals to evacuate the wounded trapped there.
Fellow photographer Samer Abu Daqqa is a father of three boys and a girl. He was born in 1978 and is a resident of the town of Abasan al-Kabira near Khan Yunis. He joined Al Jazeera in June 2004 where he worked as a photographer and montage technician.
Al Jazeera condemns
Al Jazeera Media Network condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli occupation army’s assassination of fellow photographer Samer Abu Daqqa with a drone missile today, Friday, while he was covering the bombing of a school in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera said – in a statement – that the occupation forces obstructed the arrival of ambulance teams to colleague Samer Abu Daqqa and left him bleeding for more than 5 hours after he was injured, and held Israel “full responsibility for this heinous crime” and responsibility for the systematic targeting of those working with Al Jazeera and their families.
Al Jazeera Network also extended – in its statement – “its sincere condolences and great sympathy to the family of the late colleague Samer Abu Daqqa in Gaza and Belgium,” calling on the international community and organizations defending journalists and the International Criminal Court to take action to hold the occupation accountable.
In a previous statement, Al Jazeera called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to protect civilians, relief workers, doctors, and media professionals, demanding that the Israelis responsible for these crimes in the Gaza Strip be held accountable.
