The widow (C) of Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with the Al Jazeera television network, and his father Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh (L) mourn over his body during his funeral, after he was killed in a reported Israeli air strike in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Jan. 7, 2024. (Credit: AFP)
Al Jazeera on Thursday rejected allegations by the Israeli army that one of its journalists was a terror operative after it killed him in a Gaza air strike.
"Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns and wholly rejects – and indeed expresses its very considerable surprise at – the Israeli army's false and misleading attempts to justify the killing of our colleague Hamza Wael Dahdouh and other journalists," the Qatar-based network said in a statement.
Al Jazeera on Thursday rejected allegations by the Israeli army that one of its journalists was a terror operative after it killed him in a Gaza air strike.
"Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns and wholly rejects – and indeed expresses its very considerable surprise at – the Israeli army's false and misleading attempts to justify the killing...