Social networking sites circulated a previous song by the child Zain Abu Daqqa, son of Tel Aviv Tribune cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa, who was martyred yesterday, Friday, in the Gaza Strip.
In his song, the child Zain expressed how much he missed his father, who was doing his work in Gaza. While his family resides in Belgium.
He said in the lyrics of his song two years ago, “Yaba, I miss you.. separation tortured me,” not knowing what the days would hold for him.
Zain became famous on social media after performing the song “Toughen Each Other Up, O People of Palestine,” which was widely popular in the recent period.
In an interview with Tel Aviv Tribune, his older brother, Yazan, said that the news of his father’s martyrdom was very difficult for the family, which has been facing a difficult time since hearing the news. He stressed at the same time his feeling of pride for his father receiving martyrdom while performing his work sincerely, and pointed out that the last contact his father made with him was The day before his martyrdom, he asked him to take care of his brothers as he had done every day since he left them.
Abu Daqqa is a father of three boys and a girl, born in 1978. He 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 editing technician.
Abu Daqqa was martyred while covering the Israeli bombing on the Farhana School in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, after he remained for about 6 hours after his injury, lying on the ground bleeding and trapped in the vicinity of the school, and the ambulance was unable to reach him after he was injured by fragments of a missile fired by a reconnaissance plane. Israeli.