25 Oct 23
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Blinken says he asked Qatari PM to rein in Al Jazeera’s Israel-Hamas war coverage: sources
25 Oct 23
And last week, 18th of October:
Israel set to ban Al Jazeera after attorney general approval
and four hours later, october 25 2023:
Family of Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief killed in Israeli air raid
they deliberately targeted the family of al jazeera’s gaza bureau chief. he reported on the airstrike that killed his family without realizing they had been killed, and then found out they were dead live on air.
wael el dahdouh, like shireen abu akleh, is a voice and face familiar to many who have watched reports coming out of gaza. it has already been harrowing watching him report for eighteen days straight in the most dire circumstances, but now its like seeing a beloved uncle or father overcome by grief live on air. we keep saying “there are no words” because really how else do you describe a horror of this magnitude?
wael is not the only journalist whose family was targeted. there are also reports of senior gaza surgeons whose families are killed while they are busy at work in hospitals. israel is systemically destroying the people who keep gazans alive, and the people who tell us how they’re dying.