12/16/2023–|Last updated: 12/16/202302:45 AM (Mecca time)
Politicians, media figures, and activists mourned our colleague Samer Abu Daqqa, a cameraman for Tel Aviv Tribune, who was martyred yesterday, Friday, while covering the Israeli bombing of the 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.
My colleague Wael Al-Dahdouh was also injured in that attack while covering an Israeli bombing of the school, amid appeals to evacuate the wounded trapped there.
The Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Lulwa Al Khater, wrote on her account on the X website, mourning our colleague Abu Daqqa, describing what happened as “another journalist killed and another voice silenced,” adding that this is the largest number of journalists killed in any armed conflict during this short time. .
The Qatari official stated, “When the attack on (French satirical magazine) Charlie Hebdo occurred, world leaders rallied for freedom of expression,” but it is clear that journalists are not born equal.. Dear Samer, we apologize because we were unable to protect you and left you alone to face their brutal military arsenal with only your camera. They deceived us and told us that words are more powerful than guns. Your life and the lives of dozens of journalists were the price. We realized that this was just a lie. May your soul rest in peace.
It’s confirmed that #Samer_AbuDaqa passed away, he was targeted while covering an Israeli attack on a school in #Gaza (Khan Younis). Another #Journalist_Getting_Killedanother voice being silenced, but you don’t care what you do?
This is the highest… pic.twitter.com/3i8DFqKT7S
– Lolwah Alkhater (@Lolwah_Alkhater) December 15, 2023
For his part, the Palestinian representative to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, mourned the martyr Tel Aviv Tribune photographer Abu Daqqa, who was injured in an Israeli raid and left to bleed to death for 6 hours.
In turn, a British Foreign Office spokesman – in statements to Tel Aviv Tribune – simply said that London urged all parties to avoid deliberate attacks on journalists in Gaza.
As for White House National Security spokesman John Kirby, he told reporters, according to what Reuters reported: “We do not yet have any indications that the Israelis are intentionally pursuing journalists covering this war.”
Meet Samer Abu Daqqa, Tel Aviv Tribune photographer in Gaza. This video was filmed a few days ago. Samer has been bleeding for hours at Farhana School in Khan Yunis after he was targeted by a missile from an Israeli drone while doing his work. Shooting and explosions around the school prevented anyone from reaching him to rescue him and the wounded pic.twitter.com/MrqVn1d5Wq
– Dima Khatib (@Dima_Khatib) December 15, 2023
The martyrdom of our colleague Samer Abu Daqqa in #Gaza .. There is no power but from God..
God is enough, and yes, the agent #Tel Aviv Tribune #Gaza pic.twitter.com/RBMOCX7W8b– Khadija Benganna (@Benguennak) December 15, 2023
Samer, our fellow photographer, has green eyes, a white heart, and is very kind.#Samer_Abu_Dakka pic.twitter.com/BMGTxph08X
– Najwan Simri Najwan Simri (@SimriNajwan) December 15, 2023
Tighten each other up, people of Palestine
In the voice of Yazan Abu Daqqa… the son of the martyr Samer Abu Daqqa, Tel Aviv Tribune cameraman, who was martyred in Khan Yunis, December 15, 2023, after being targeted with Tel Aviv Tribune correspondent Wael Al Dahdouh by the occupation army while they were covering the bombing of UNRWA schools in the city.. pic.twitter.com/o5Y6cvSxTx
— The Palestinian Archive The Palestinian Archive (@palestinian_the) December 15, 2023
On the other hand, the American newspaper The Washington Post quoted a photographer working for it in Gaza with words of praise for the martyred colleague, saying, “During the war, I got close to Abu Daqqa and we used to spend time together in Al-Nasser Hospital. He was always smiling, and everyone loved him.”
The Foreign Press Association in Britain mourned its fellow member, Abu Daqqa, who was martyred in an Israeli raid on a United Nations school housing displaced persons in Khan Yunis, south of the besieged Gaza Strip.
In turn, the Committee to Protect Journalists said that the two-month-long war in Gaza has caused heavy losses among journalists, with at least 64 journalists and media workers killed. Calling on international authorities to “conduct an independent investigation into the attack to hold its perpetrators accountable.”
Source : Tel Aviv Tribune + Agencies + American press + social media sites