Tel Aviv Tribune journalist Samer Abudaqa, 45, was buried in southern Gaza, with dozens of mourners, including journalists, paying tribute to the cameraman killed in an Israeli drone attack.
The funeral took place on Saturday in the town of Khan Younis. Abudaqa’s family, friends and colleagues said a tearful goodbye as his body was buried.
Abudaqa, a cameraman for Tel Aviv Tribune Arab in Gaza, was shot while reporting at the Farhana school in Khan Younis. His colleague, Wael Dahdouh, Tel Aviv Tribune’s Arab correspondent, who lost his wife, son, daughter and grandson in a previous Israeli bombing, was injured.
Journalists in Gaza carry a “human and noble message” to the world amid continuing war and will continue to work despite Israeli attacks, Dahdouh said in his eulogy.
“We will continue to do our duty with professionalism and transparency,” he said, as mourners around him wept.
