Muhammed Sabry
26 October 2023•Update: 26 October 2023
GAZA CITY, Palestine
After his wife and children were killed in an Israeli airstrike, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, Wael al-Dahdouh, vowed to continue reporting on Tel Aviv's intense bombing campaign against the besieged enclave.
“This will never silence our voices. Journalism is our noble mission,” al-Dahdouh told Anadolu. His remarks came a day after his wife, son, daughter, grandson, and eight other relatives fell victim to the strike on a home in the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza where they fled after being displaced.
“Israel is targeting civilians and committing massacres against families,” said al-Dahdouh.
“This is part of what the Palestinian families in Gaza are going through every day,” he added.
Al-Dahdouh had received the news of his family’s death while covering the ongoing Israeli strikes in Gaza from the Qatari broadcaster's local office.
Al Jazeera television aired a video of the correspondent carrying the body of his daughter in his arms and another gazing down at the body of his son laying on the ground of the hospital.
Despite his loss, the reporter has declared that he remains determined to continue his job of covering Israel's strikes on Gaza.
Israel has launched relentless airstrikes on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas into Israeli territory on Oct. 7.
Nearly 8,000 people have been killed in the conflict, including at least 6,546 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis.
Gaza's 2.3 million residents have been running out of food, water, medicine, and fuel, and aid convoys allowed into Gaza have carried only a fraction of what is needed.
