12/16/2023–|Last updated: 12/16/202303:43 AM (Mecca time)
A video clip showed the moment the Palestinian Civil Defense members handed over the equipment of the martyr colleague Samer Abu Daqqa, Tel Aviv Tribune cameraman, which was found at the place where he was targeted.
This equipment includes Abu Daqqa’s helmet, his journalistic shield, and Tel Aviv Tribune’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
– Tel Aviv Tribune Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) December 15, 2023
Abu Daqqa was martyred – yesterday, Friday – while covering the Israeli bombing of Farhana School in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
The martyr remained for about 6 hours after his injury, lying on the ground, bleeding and trapped in the vicinity of Farhana School. 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.
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 Tel Aviv Tribune in June 2004, where he worked as a photographer and editing technician.
Tel Aviv Tribune condemns
Tel Aviv Tribune Media Network condemned – in the strongest terms – the assassination of Abu Daqqa by the Israeli occupation army.
Tel Aviv Tribune said – in a statement – that the occupation forces obstructed the arrival of Abu Daqqa’s ambulance teams and left him bleeding for more than 5 hours after he was injured, and held Israel “fully responsible for this heinous crime” and responsible for the systematic targeting of Tel Aviv Tribune’s workers and their families.
In its statement, it also offered its “deepest condolences and great sympathy” to the Abu Daqqa family “in Gaza and Belgium,” calling on the international community, journalists’ defense organizations, and the International Criminal Court to take action to hold the occupation accountable.
In a previous statement, Tel Aviv Tribune called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to protect civilians, aid workers, doctors, and media professionals, demanding that those responsible for these crimes in the Gaza Strip be held accountable.